Ocean's Breath Plateau Hoist the colors.

Rodyn’s familiar face appeared behind his taciturn son. Towhee smiled as he greeted her with a rudimentary sign. She felt warmth spreading in her chest at his obvious effort.

-“Hey, I came by to see if you…”-

She caught movement in her peripheral vision. Towhee turned to see little Rolayne approaching with a stick clasped in his mouth. His head raised as he wielded it, taunting the others with his prize.

-“Hey, Roly, you think you can move faster than me?”- Towhee said playfully, swinging her body to face his. -“I think you might be right,”- she answered her own question, swiping a paw slowly at the stick.

Glancing over at the boys’ father again, Towhee finished her earlier thought before she forgot: Are you planning on taking them with you? If not, I wanted to offer to look after them for you.