Sun Mote Copse double cheeseburger, hold the onion

After her whirlwind of a morning, Towhee eventually found a soft place to land and crashed hard for several hours. When she woke, she felt really crusty and stiff, plus her head and heart both hurt. She shuffled to one of the copse's many streams, took a drink, then a dip. Afterward, she spent entirely too much time grooming herself before slowly making her way back to the rendezvous site right around twilight. She wouldn't be sleeping anytime soon but she could use some company to try filling in the space Meerkat had left behind.

She'd just arrived when a wild Phox appeared, startling Towhee so badly, she held her forelegs up in a crude kung fu stance. A beat later, she dropped back onto all fours and stared at her brother. Was he serious? Their child had just left this morning, practically destroying her, then Wraen and Arcturus had tag-team guilt-tripped her nearly to her breaking point. Meanwhile, he looked utterly unflappable.

She wanted to punch him in his carefree face. Instead, Towhee managed a wan smile and a, -"Sure."-