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She privately enjoyed that Maxim casually referred to the kids as cousins. When Germanicus mentioned that Arsenio and Tamar might become parents soon too, she immediately wondered if the young woman had gone into season or even fallen pregnant yet. It was tempting to ask outright, though Towhee knew by now that such questions would make the Imperator deeply uncomfortable.

Sometimes it was fun to toy with his sense of propriety, though Towhee wasn’t really in the mood today. And she was much keener on responding to his remark about returning to the arena. She would enjoy rearing her pups, of course, but Towhee already looked forward to the days when she wasn’t quite so bound to them and this den. And Tierra was right: she was a little bit keen to shed the whole Plebian thing.

Can’t wait to be the prefect again, Towhee joked gamely before wondering, How’s the outpost coming along, do you know? I talked to Kallik about it a little bit but there’s been so much going on… And speaking of him, two—no, make that four—of its founding members were still parked here in Mereo.