Ghost Lion Crag Ride or die.

He had about five seconds before Towhee closed her eyes and became unreachable. In that narrow window, he said something that made her do another one of those slow blinks at him. She flashed back to his initial hesitance, his seeming lack of experience and all the other signs. Her lips parted when she realized, He was a virgin! Well, until five minutes ago. She smirked.

But then her expression went blank as she squinted at him. "Um, no," Towhee said baldly. He was so naive. It had exasperated her at first but now that she'd gotten hers, she found it equal parts charming and hilarious. "Are you really..." But she trailed off and didn't finish that particular thought. "We don't even know one another's names," she pointed out to him, "or the first thing about each other. So here's one thing about me: I don't do love, mates, romance. Nothing personal, it's just not for me."

Already, she could feel the itch growing underneath her skin. But her eyelids were so heavy too. "Look, I really need to recharge. I also don't cuddle strangers but I'll make an exception just this once," Towhee offered through a yawn.