Redsand Canyon Maybe months go by, maybe years from now

Just because it had worked out for Towhee didn’t mean that it was the right thing for Fennec. The elder Redhawk nodded, momentarily forgetting that her daughter wouldn’t pick up on it.

There are definitely some rules here I don’t like or even understand, Towhee said. For instance, the only reason I’m not in leadership is because I won’t do a tour in Akashingo, not because I don’t have the interest or the merits. But my family and my principles are both more important to me than some rank.

But she didn’t want to talk about herself or take a shit on Mereo, so she changed tack slightly and sallied, Have you thought more about what we talked about before? Setting up an outpost slash bartering headquarters? If you were in charge and things went well, then you wouldn’t need anyone’s permission for anything…