Ouroboros Spine And you said, “We are in the wild.”

Most likely due to her own situation, she wondered if the “sun man” was still here with his “moon woman.” Perhaps they had a new litter this year. Towhee felt strangely bereft at the thought and found herself hoping it wasn’t Aiolos who turned up to greet her. It wasn’t anything to do with her tricky emotions, she had just never been able to read his lips very well.

A flock of birds suddenly burst from a tree well within Moonglow’s territory. Towhee’s eyes lifted to watch them, lips pulling down at the corners. Perhaps they’d heard something—maybe even a response to her own call—but Towhee could never be sure of such things.