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Had she woken him? Towhee smiled sheepishly, then paused and looked thoughtfully down at her foreleg. She lifted it off the ground and flexed it gingerly. Every movement made it throb a little and she knew she should be careful, but it was still manageable.

-“Good morning,”- she said and signed, the movements slower than usual in favor of her injury. -“Did you leave me the snack?”- Towhee said, slinking into the dim interior of his apartment.