The Sentinels Boarfish

Now he looked… constipated. Emotionally constipated? Towhee’s inner voice suggested. She swallowed what felt like a hysterical laugh, still staring at her grandson like she was seeing a ghost. Not inaccurate, that little voice said and she gulped down another giggle.

Yes! she answered perhaps too loudly again, though what did she care at this point? They’re living in Sun Mote Copse. I can take you to them.

She suddenly wondered what he meant by “it.” Towhee tried to jog her memory. Swordfish had been missing for so long. She hadn’t been there when he’d vanished. She only knew what had happened from Meerkat.

When the details still wouldn’t come to her, she decided her answer still sufficed and waited for Fish to just say the word. Towhee couldn’t wait to see the look on Meerkat’s face when she returned home with her long-lost son in tow.