Sun Mote Copse On the 858th day...

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Towhee fell asleep within view of Meerkat and Njord, though when she jolted awake to the sound of someone talking nearby, there was nobody there. “How do tortoises fuck?” a voice asked nearby, causing Towhee to turn her head, all the while not questioning the fact that she was overhearing a conversation. “Doesn’t the shell get in the way? Like, seriously, how the fuck does that work?” Then silence fell, followed by the sound of slapping flesh.

She pushed onto her feet and crept toward the noises, slipping away from the familiar sleeping space through a couple of thickets before emerging on a familiar slope. Towhee barely registered that she was somehow back on the caldera as she suddenly found herself feet away from a couple of wolves clearly enjoying the afterglow, exchanging sappy “I love you”s and everything.

Towhee stared at them rather blankly for a moment, at which point the swarthy male glanced up and locked eyes with her. “Hol—!” he shouted, jumping to his feet, prompting her to reflexively backpedal. She moved faster than was really possible, soon disappearing back into the brush as she heard the stranger say to his partner, “Did you see that?” only for her to reply, “See what? You sure you aren’t imagining things?”

She found herself back in the copse again, Wraen suddenly standing beside her. Towhee blinked. She was starting to suspect she was dreaming. And furthermore, she had another suspicion creeping over her just now, which she decided to share with the apparition of her dearly departed friend, just like she would’ve in the good old days when Wraen was alive.

Hey, Wraen. I have a weird feeling I just witnessed my conception.