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Towhee felt herself stiffen at the question. Biting down on the surge of irritation it prompted, she woodenly replied, -"Phox is her father."- She gave the Sovereign a look, pointedly asking her to drop the subject, at least in front of Meerkat. She understood more than either adult probably even realized and this was not something Towhee wanted to discuss, period, much less in front of her impressionable young child.

If the pup had heard the question, she showed no sign of it. She gave a squeal when the leader grabbed at her, toes brushing ticklishly along her pale flank. "NO!" Meerkat shouted, an almost knee-jerk reaction, even as another rash of giggles escaped her. She snapped her little jaws in Wraen's direction, proving Towhee's point: she had heard and heeded the "no biting" command.