Emberwood my strength doubles twice

The girl is young still- and Ameline watches as she turns, anticipating that she will be able to read all she needs to know in her expression. If it darkened at the sight of her, then she and Ancelin had been painted as traitors- or that Towhee Jr resented them for leaving so suddenly. Instead, she saw recognition, and the slow wave of her tail eased the presence of paranoia from Ameline's mind. 

Her ears trembled, flicking back in apology as she drew forward, tail level with her spine but waving. It did her heart good to see the girl again, though she had to wonder why, exactly, she was this far from the Rise. She pushed her whiskers forward and wetted her lips and nose with her tongue so she could better discern where Towhee Jr had been from her scent, and found it smelled like wilderness. 

She looked the youth over- making sure she hadn't been chased from the pack once Ameline and Ancelin had left. She had a thousand questions she wanted to ask, which she knew to expect no answers for. She was left instead to convey the real message-

how happy she was to see Towhee Jr again.