Meadowlark Prairie the lady of the house

She could read the pain on his face like a book. To think, she'd accepted that she would never see him again, never let him take part in his children's lives. Now they were here, sharing in their pain over their lost children. Towhee felt almost disoriented. Well, Niamh's abrupt departure had kicked up quite a storm, it would take time for the dust to settle. And that didn't even factor in all the lashes they'd all taken before that.

"There was nothing anyone could've done," came Towhee's slow reply. Her heart still weighed heavily over the loss, though the signs of life in her womb lifted her. "And it was no one's fault." She still grappled with that one a bit, wondering if she was somehow responsible for it. "You're here now."

She continued the slow shuffle in silence for a few moments before elaborating a bit on that point. "The pack has whittled down to just Phox, Rue, Lenny... Meerkat and Fennec just returned. But Alyx must've stayed at the coast." Towhee frowned, though this was immaterial to Reyes. "We need you." She chewed on something for a moment before adding, "I want you here."