Redsand Canyon lillies

tamar now wanted to know this story.

where was her mate now? was that why she was not with her children?

towhee was kind.

but her next words were a dismissal. tamar knew as much from her time in akashingo; she was perhaps hyper-perceptive to anything resembling such.

"sleep well, towhee." the girl unfurled herself from the doorstep and dipped her head. "i will speak with you again."

stepping away, tamar started back to her own den glancing once along her shoulder.