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

Towhee understood how he felt, though she sensed an openness in Rodyn’s grieving heart. Perhaps he would be like Phox: he would take the time to mourn his losses but eventually seek love again. Both men deserved happy endings, although those seemed fair and few between in these parts.

-“I get it. At least, I think I do. It’s been nearly a year now since Maxim disappeared…”- Towhee paused to marvel at that terrible fact. -“But I’ll never take another mate. And it’s not because I hope he’ll turn up someday—I know he must be dead—but he was it for me.”-

She hoped Rodyn found some comfort, knowing he wasn’t alone, but Towhee could see the pain behind his eyes. It was much fresher for him, she knew. It was time to change the subject.

-“In lighter news, are you on Team Hephox?”-