Cricket Creek Bog Nobody likes the records that I play.

Nothing he said jogged her memory, though she found it curious that Kigipigak called her “Lady of Moonglow” versus her much more common title of “Moonwoman.” Towhee had heard of Tartok here and there, though nothing she could specifically remember on that note, either.

Mm, was her only reply to his statement about the cedars.

Take your cues from Meerkat and leave it alone, Towhee reminded herself.

Nonetheless, she found herself asking, Why did you choose there? The hinterlands are huge and largely unoccupied. What made you decide on the forest right beside the copse?