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Oh, well. At least they probably wouldn't feel like their birth mother was being replaced. They might feel like Towhee was being replaced, but like he'd told her after Camilla had died, she would always have a place in his life. If whoever he was interested in decided Towhee shouldn't be part of their life, he would drop them real fast. Somehow he couldn't imagine Niamh being anything but happy to have Towhee so close, and that was likely part of his attraction to her. He already had approval on both sides.

Right, right, he mumbled under his breath. Of course they'd been too young to remember. His voice turned more fatherly as he continued. But you know Elwood and Finley, right Fennec? And Figment, you know Rannoch and Liffey, not to mention Quixote and Raven. Those are all couples, and that's what Camilla was with me. Sometime in the future, I'll want to start courting somebody new. She won't be replacing Towhee as your mom or anything like that, but she will end up being a part of my life. He stopped there, giving them time to react or ask questions or throw a tantrum. Hopefully not the latter, but Phox braced himself for the worst.