Twisted Slough And heart to heart you'll win, if you survive

Her eyes widened again. She hadn't expected that answer. Towhee stared shrewdly at Fen's lips as she explained. She didn't follow at first, though her daughter's words left her insides feeling cold. Did Fig want to leave? Towhee hadn't spent any quality time with him yet, giving him his space and enjoying his presence from a comfortable distance while she waited for him to seek her out. It was hard but keeping herself otherwise preoccupied helped a lot. In any case, it sounded like neither one of her children intended to leave, just that Fennec hated not having the option, being unable to do things on her own.

Towhee's insides gave another twist when Fen mentioned being attacked. "Even those of us with perfectly good eyes get lost from time to time. I have no doubt you'll always be able to figure it out," she replied lowly but with vehemence. "But who or what attacked you?"