Sun Mote Copse Cartoons in progress.

I haven’t lived in a big pack in a while. The copse has always been small. I know they picked this side of the mountains for the peace and quiet but sometimes it feels a bit isolating, if I’m honest, Towhee mused in reply. Talking about this kinda makes me nostalgic for the bustling days of Mereo and Epoch. You know, I spent a little time with the Moon villages after that but I actually did the nomad thing for, like, a year before settling here in the spring.

They’d covered a lot of ground, including where they’d been and what they’d been up to since they’d last seen one another. Towhee felt like they’d only just scratched the surfaces of their lives, though now that Reyson lived here, she supposed they shouldn’t linger in the past too long. Now it was all about the present and the future.

I’m not sure exactly when they’ll be back but I’m anticipating it… well, my best guess—or maybe hope—is that they show up before winter. I know Meerkat didn’t wan’t to commit to any particular time frame but they left… well, literally just a few days before Bushtit got here.

In retrospect, it hadn’t been that long yet. Her baby was only a few weeks old. Towhee could hope that their adventuring would wrap sooner than later, though if she was being realistic, she imagined they might want to be on the road for a month or two.

I seriously can’t wait to see their faces when they come home to you guys and a bonus Bushtit.