Two Eyes Cenote Old school, young jam.

Sure, she said easily when S’ari said to pass along her salutations, lips twitching into a smile at the use of her daughter’s full name. And yeah, actually, Towhee added, twisting her neck to glance down the dark tunnel with its luminescent decor, there’s another pool through there, and…

She took a moment to really look around at what she could see from where she stood. There were so many creepers climbing the walls, growing ever darker as the sun set. But Towhee was pretty sure she saw a couple more passageways tucked into the rock wall. There was probably so much to explore down here.

Facing S’ari again, she said, Too bad it’s getting late, soon we won’t be able to see much of anything down here. It’s probably best if we went up top before the dark makes the climb extra treacherous.

Motioning for the coyote to lead the way, Towhee found the bottom of the narrow footpath Meerkat had told—more like warned—her about. She eyed it, then looked over at her daughter’s friend. Now that they were standing in the cavern proper where there was a bit more light, Towhee could see her a little better.

Do you live here? ‘Cause I was thinking of maybe spending the night and checking it out tomorrow morning, but I don’t want to intrude…

Totes cool.