Redsand Canyon For me to walk away

Fennec wanted to prioritize her son’s feelings, which Towhee definitely understood, but where did that leave her? She wanted to tell her daughter that it would be difficult for Killdeer but he, too, would have to grow a thicker skin to cope with life’s losses. His grandmother and the rest of Mereo would be there to distract him if Fen needed a break. But something in the back of her reminded her that a very similar suggestion had gone very poorly before, so she said none of that.

You don’t need Bronco or any man, Towhee said, thinking of her own lifelong aversion to romance up until recently. A feeling of disquiet threaded through her.

Ignoring it and changing tack a little, she asked, Fen, what’s something you genuinely enjoy doing?