Redsand Canyon Maybe months go by, maybe years from now

Fennec absolutely did understand. She could be optimistic about her mom's chances but there was no way she'd be capable about saying that for her own. Time had just shown there were very few wolves out there she felt worth hopping into that kind of relationship with and the ones she did had a bad habit of leaving her out to dry.

We're just so intimidating and badass. It was a little sad but not nearly as sad as it had been when the feeling of loneliness was tied to someone specific. She felt closer to her mom than she had in a long time. Maybe hiding things from Towhee should have been a massive red flag for her too. No offense to him but I'd rather have you around. If it came down to it.

That led pretty naturally into another subject she'd been thinking about lately. It would make her mom happy and, while she didn't want to get Towhee's hopes up unnecessarily, it would be really good to talk about it. She kind of needed the advice from someone who had sort of done it before. The only part of this all that still bothers me is that I really did love being a mom. I'd never tell him, but having Killdeer was harder than it could have been. I really wanted to try again now that I know how I feel, and I think I still might if I can. Just with someone who doesn't really matter.

Would Germanicus go for that? She'd been pretty rude to him so far so chances were he at least wasn't up for doing her any outright favors. Maybe she should back that off a bit - at least until he gave her a reason to be pissed again.