Redsand Canyon Blood orange sunrise.

"She'll have to give us both the stink eye," Ruenna piped as she appeared in the doorway, smiling broadly at her friend. Once she caught Towhee's eye, she attempted to sign the same thing, but ended up with something along the lines of, you and I are both stinky. 

Ruenna was yet another patient who had not been cleared to be up and about, but stampeding buffalo couldn't have kept Ruenna from Towhee's side, especially when she still had to meet the two new additions to their family. 

Despite the slight tremor in her muscles, there was a strength to Ruenna's movements that had been absent in the weeks prior. Ruenna covered the distance to Towhee and pressed her cheek gently to her friend's.

When she pulled away, she looked to Aquene. Were she and Towhee both about to get an earful?