Redsand Canyon Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes.

They hadn't not seen each other, but Killdeer had only vaguely heard of the brush-up between Towhee and the lovers. He spotted her from a little ways away, and loped toward her, trying to make his gait large and somewhat ungainly so that she'd spot him before he'd startle her, sneaking up.

Once they were face to face, he gestured toward her injured leg, then returned his eyes to hers in concern. -Are you okay?- he asked, lapsing into ptero. It was getting easier with practice and proximity to his grandmother, but he still struggled over some more complicated concepts. -I heard a little about what happened.-

Part of him wanted to tear the dude a new one for hurting his gramma, but he knew it wasn't his fight. Killdeer instead walked beside Towhee, face still drawn and worried.