Sun Mote Copse It's all so incredibly loud.

The dark gray sky looked ready to unleash another round of rain at any moment. Towhee couldn't help but keep an eye out for Meerkat every time she roamed the northernmost stretch of the copse, though neither her daughter nor the rain made an appearance. The weather held out until she wrapped up her patrol and sauntered back to the rendezvous site. When she arrived there, she felt the first few raindrops and discovered the place empty.

She stood there a moment, pensive, then walked over toward the log where she'd given birth to Meerkat. She stared at it silently and thought about crawling inside to avoid the drizzle. Instead, she leaped on top of it and sat. Her orange gaze roved her surroundings, though soon her eyes glazed over as Towhee fell deep into thought.

The Sovereign didn't know how long she stayed like that, lost in thought, but when a sunbeam broke through the clouds, Towhee blinked to attention. The light rain had stopped but there was now a rainbow dancing over the nearby treetops. She gazed at it even as she decided to seize one of the many thoughts which had crossed her mind in the past hour and sent up a howl for @Phox and @Niamh.