Redhawk Caldera Yeah, I reckon we were heathens

gaze lifts from deer to hotah at his second nudge, attention focusing on his expression and then the movements of his paws.

his next words bring another look of surprise to towhee jr's expression. she had many siblings so she is a bit surprised to learn that she is the topic of OG towhee's conversations. a small tilt of her head given as she wonders why specifically she is a topic of conversation between her mother and hotah.

her paws are still for a moment, contemplating. -is that so?- she finally asks before hotah offers that it was good things and that her mother was proud of her.

small smile twitches at the edges of her lips, not bashful but a small crack in her armor. -she kind of has to be, as my mother.- it wasn't true at all, though as a mother herself, she often found herself incredibly biased when it came to tzar.