Frogspawn Swamp I worked hard all my lifetime

What are these right choices you’re referring to? What’s right for one person may be wrong for another, Towhee posited, and it’s better to be hated for who you are than loved for what you’re not. She shrugged. You seem to know yourself pretty well and you’re true to yourself too. I think that makes you very likeable, even if you don’t fit the mold, she concluded with another shrug.

She took a few moments to ponder Ceridwen’s words on being alone versus being lonely. Along with not having too many strings attached, it sounded like her young companion didn’t have much to lose. Towhee sort of envied her that too. Yes, Towhee had built quite the network over the years—much of it from her own loins—but a majority of them were dead and gone, each taking a little piece of her with them.

Have you lost anyone close to you? Towhee wondered next, immediately pinning on another question: What do you think happens to us when we die?