Redsand Canyon Fading like a flower.

She arched a brow in disbelief. No? No wonder you’re so overbearing, if nobody ever tells you to check yourself, Towhee jabbed, though there was a flicker of good humor in her tired orange gaze.

He insisted that she was vulnerable and Towhee just sighed dramatically at him. She repeated the sound when he told her she should share with the Matrona. For fun or not, she didn’t have any energy left for banter.

They’re great. You should go inside and visit them, get some practice, she replied, warmly but wearily. How is Aquene today? she asked, having spent a bit of time with her every day in her husband’s absence but once more favoring the palazzo now that Kallik was back.