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-“Atta boy,”- Towhee said in the most grandmotherly fashion possible. -“If your parents are cool with it, I’d like you to come with me on a patrol.”- She paused to let her words register with said parents, raising her voice a little to add, -“I’ll do a short route this first time, then we can eventually work our way up to a whole circuit over the next few weeks if you end up enjoying yourself. Sound good, Lil’ Ricky?”-

After getting the proverbial thumbs-up and asking Carolina if she wanted to come too—the little girl opted for a post-breakfast sunbath instead—Towhee turned and walked parallel with the Hobbit Hole’s grandiose doorway. Once past it, she began to climb to the hillock over top it, from which point she intended to continue upward at whatever pace Lyric set.