Alpine Lake everyday adventures

He didn't pry on her explanation of not talking when she met Towhee, though he couldn't deny that he was curious. Had something happened? If she didn't offer more information, he figured it wasn't his place to ask for more. He had learned not to push boundaries over the years.

She asked about his traveling, and Phox bobbed his head. Yeah. I've never been much for it... but usually that's been because of the kids. I don't have any this year, and Towhee's are old enough to be independent from us now. It'll be nice to go around and see some of the older ones, too. He thought of Caracal, Figment, and maybe he'd even run into Fennec again one of these days. There was also the trio of kids he'd never really known that well: Vesper, Peregrine, and Prevost. He worried about them the most, if only because he felt they'd had a particularly tumultuous childhood. He'd never gotten a chance to truly connect with them like he had with his other kids. The same could be said of Towhee's kids from that year. Marten, Tierra, and even Sphyra were practically strangers. Caracal a bit less so, if only because Towhee had given him updates on him over the years.

And of course there was Leona and Jack Snipe, the former of which had met an untimely death, and the latter of which still resided in Epoch. Perhaps Phox would make a quick stop by there on his way to the coast, after hanging out with Figment. He tried to get out of his head, though. No sense in making too many plans when he hadn't even gotten to the first one.

If you happen upon Towhee again in your wandering, you wanna let her know I'm on the lookout for her? he asked.