Sun Mote Copse who’s afraid of little old me?

Otter did what Towhee expected she might. When she was a little older, she might consider rebuking her granddaughter’s defiance. But she was too young and innocent for a proper scolding and, anyway, Towhee might be the type of grandmother to let her grandchildren get away with murder.

-“I see that you’ve got a killer’s instincts,”- she drawled as Otter smashed some innocent ants into oblivion. -“I won’t stop you, though don’t come crying to me if they do decide to bite,”- Towhee added with a playful smirk.