Redsand Canyon For me to walk away

Yeah. It wasn't much of a reassurance, if she was being honest, but it also wasn't one that was important right now. Maybe plants couldn't leave, but the plants weren't what was important. She'd still had to leave what she'd built in their previous home, despite what was still there, and if things went badly here then she'd be forced to start over again. Life didn't really come in constants.

Thanks, mom. While this conversation hadn't exactly unlocked the secret to immediate happiness, she felt way better just having a way forward and something to try. She'd been stuck in the same rut for so long that she hadn't been sure how to drag herself out. This was a start.

I know you were going to eat. But this helps. She'd let Towhee get back to it, if she wanted to. And maybe later she'd check out wherever this oasis was. Get a sense for what exactly she was working with and how much she had her work cut out for her.