Heron Lake Plateau i'm headed DOWNTOWN

For as many kids as Finley and Elwood had to corral daily, it was a wonder they were actually interested in making even more. The drama that budded from their cross-wilds move seemed to calm in some ways, but was clearly still simmering in others. She hadn't been too involved in Tegan and Towhee's little spat, but it wasn't hard to tell that her son had yet to let it go. She had hoped that he would with some time, but either her hope had been in vain or she was just too impatient to wait it out any longer. In any event, she sought her boy now to try to check one less conflict off of her list.

"Hey you!" Fin called as she spotted him ahead of her. She was moving slow again since the ache in her hip had returned thanks to the journey, so she once again was attempting to get him to slow so that she could join him. Assuming she succeeded, she moved up alongside him and prodded his temple affectionately with her nose. "I've never seen someone pee so sad before," she commented wryly, lowering her head so that she could peek at his presumably downtrodden face.