Redsand Canyon I never stay in one place too long

germanicus had become a redsand for ruenna but was unwilling to become a redhawk in this hypothetical. it felt too much like a capitulation to the way that towhee had chosen to leave.

and that was unfair. it demanded to be untangled. but it was not the time for it. 

he noticed that she had gone from denying the children as a necessity to discussing their future existence.

germanicus found her willingness to be objective an appealing trait.

"i have nothing to hide from a wife. the only thing i will not discuss are certain things to do with the military. if there was ever danger, she should have plausible deniability."

their path was beginning to slant back toward the commons. he slowed into a less businesslike pace. "do you accept we do not love each other? that i am grieving the end of my marriage and the loss of my wife. and that this is likely to continue for some time?" he remained conversational, if guarded now. 

this was the correct thing to do. no secrets. he would not hide his misery from her. she had seen it after all and had meant to hurt him with it. let fennec see it now. his yellowpaint eyes roved to her face.