Redsand Canyon dunefruit

tamar wanted to cringe.

instead she gathered all her bravery and turned toward towhee. "the matrona calls it housekeeping, what i do." the coverlet needed nothing else and yet her paw was still upon it.

tamar told herself she must pull together. her spine was ramrod straight when she rose to duck out of their shelter.

"if you need anything else, we are neighbors now." she tried to smile.