Heron Lake Plateau the world grows older every day.

Fin ran through all the young ladies she knew of, lining them up next to her son to see how it looked. Towhee really didn't work, the more she considered it. With a pang, she thought of Orca, who would've been perfect. Wildfire... Wildfire maybe. They had been close when they were kids... But Wiffle was living in the North on the Cliffs with her kids and her lady mate. No way she would leave that to come shack up with Eljay and it wasn't because of Eljay. That one girl popped into her head then... What had her name been? Lasher's daughter... Monica? What ever happened to her? That was a picture she liked. Maybe she'd send Tegan out to hunt down Monica. But hopefully by then, she'd remember the girl's name was Mona.

"Because we're a buncha dummies these days, Twig," Fin answered, "I'm onboard with giving this a shot though. Like seriously, I am 100% in." She looked pointedly at Elwood to make sure he knew that she wasn't kidding. Then paused before asking, "Do you think Jay would be okay with this? Or do you think this way crosses the line between overbearing parents and psychotic life-givers?"