Sun Mote Copse Record scratch, freeze frame.

Between the meat in her mouth and their slow trek into the copse, Towhee couldn't do much in way of response. She acknowledged Niamh's news with a bob of her head. It wasn't enough though. Her friend had asked her a question and the mercenary wanted to share. First, though, she spied a cache and quickly deposited the deer leg into it. Niamh or Colt could always come fetch it later.

"That's better," she commented to herself before rejoining her companion, feeling more than a little out of place having strayed even a few feet and, what was more, touched another pack's stockpile. Towhee put that all behind her to say, "That's great. Me too. Does Nellie have some kind of meaning?" Bronco was obvious enough but what of the girl's moniker? Towhee genuinely wondered even as she waited to see if Niamh would catch the bait.