Bramblepoint dry eyes, it's no surprise

to towhee jr's great surprise, he uses ptero.

the hostility morphs into unbridled surprise across her facial features; warring internally within herself.

her instinctual mistrust of anyone she does not know battles against the fact that he knows and used ptero. knew to use it ... which threads to the connection that he must know her mother.

or knew her.

of course, she is jumping to many assumptions without much than him knowing how to sign to back it up.

still, it is enough to cause jr's guard to lessen. just a smidge.

-you know ptero?- she inquires, paws motioning out the words she cannot hear nor speak; a freely given segue for him to explain.