Sun Mote Copse Little desert fox

It seemed most of the discontent between them had passed, as Phox had expected it would. He was happy for that, even though he knew it was unlikely to be the last time they disagreed on something. That was just part of being human wolf, though. You couldn't get along one hundred percent of the time. He'd even had a few disagreements with Towhee over the years, including the time he'd run away from the Redhawks as a young lad.

I wish, he answered with a wry grin. Raven's a good healer, so she wouldn't let me do anything fun while I was recovering. Her kids—your cousins—are as big as you now. Though not half as smart, if Phox had to guess. His own kids would always be the smartest, strongest, most wonderful kids in the whole goddamn world. Not even Fennec could change his mind about that.