Sun Mote Copse so you found another way

Her question prompted a stammered response, which was quite the throwback. Towhee could’ve sworn no time had passed at all, except that she felt none of the old disdain. Even the sting of betrayal had been soothed away by time. All that was left was a sort of awkward camaraderie. They were both from the same old school, after all.

Oh, she said, eyebrows going up as she digested his surprisingly unsurprising reason for coming. Seeing no reason to deny his request, Towhee said, I’m sure you remember the way but I’ll go with you. I can hang back if you’d rather not have company.

As far back as they went, she couldn’t just let him traipse around the copse on his own. What if someone else spotted him and thought he was a trespasser? Towhee gestured for Eljay to see himself into the territory, stepping to the side to let him take point. Her orange eyes remained riveted on him, waiting for some cue to how much space he wanted.