Heron Lake Plateau First storm

When he had asked about her kids, he had assumed that she would ask about his own, and he was prepared to answer. It had been a couple of weeks, and the wound was still there, but it was slowly but surely healing. The news that Finley had given birth (apparently without issue) was good to hear, and it reminded him that there was plenty to be grateful for. He had lost a lot, but there was plenty of hope.

Figment and Fenton, he replied, a soft, sad smile present, but we've been calling them Fig and Fennec. Camilla had complications and—he cleared his throat, trying to keep hold of his composure—but the pups were old enough to go on without her, and Towhee's been an excellent surrogate. Not that Towhee had been able to feed them anything that he couldn't, but he had been more or less absent for a couple of weeks after.