Ocean's Breath Plateau Lifetimes are catching up with me.

-“Sure,”- she said easily, the two of them falling into a companionable silence during which she examined the bison fur a bit more.

After a few minutes, she raised her orange eyes back to Rodyn’s face and said, -“It’s none of my business, so don’t feel obligated to answer. But as a widow myself, I have to wonder. Do you think you’ll ever take another mate?”-

Perhaps there was someone out there who could even be a proper stepmother to the boys, though Towhee doubted Rodyn was ready to move on right now, if ever. There was empathy in her gaze as she awaited his reaction.