Redhawk Caldera Tea for three plus one.

Strange that the pack should have someone that its regent would announce a 'nobody', but Sphyra was quickly diverted onto the subject of Sapsucker, deciding that someone that Towhee thought of as a nobody was not worth her time, either.

Her mother seemed to be taken aback that Sapsucker had left. It made sense to Sphyra; Tierra had left in rather a hurry and it was strange that she hadn't even waited for her mother to return. Sphyra felt much the same. But she also knew that the way of the world was that wolves left and came back. Like Tierra had done many times before, like Reyes had, and like Towhee herself even had. Tierra'd be back, of that Sphyrapicus was certain.

At Towhee's question whether Sapsucker had tried to come and see her, Sphyra shrugged non-committally. She didn't know, and she certainly didn't intend to get sucked into this whole Sapsucker-leaving-thing. That was a Sapsucker-thing, not a Sphyrapicus-thing.

Eventually Towhee got over it and Sphyra smiled a lopsided smile as her mother praised her for keeping down the fort. -No problem,- she said and signed, -Let's go see Crackle.- Mostly, Sphyra tried to say 'let's get you some rest' in a gentle way, because she knew that she was in no position to order around her own mother (yet).