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Yeah, I... I'll think about it, he said, though he already knew the answer. With Vesper and Peregrine here, he could pull himself away. How could he? Towhee meant a lot to him, but his children would always pull rank on her, no matter what. It was why he had eventually left the caldera and run after Niamh. If it had been just her, he would have been able to let her go, to steel his heart against her. But it hadn't been just Niamh, and now he had the last remaining pieces of her to take care of.

Meerkat promised to keep searching for Prevost and Tierra, and it wasn't as if Phox could tell her not to, despite his own speculations on Prevost's fate. Tierra had not been gone near as long, and it was likely she was still alive and well. He felt himself at a loss, but also wishing to spend time with Peregrine and Vesper. They were his, at least in a sense, and he need to get to know them.

Get some sleep, kiddo, he said, knowing even now that Meerkat was far from a child at this point. As for him, he'd have to go track down Mou and Maegi and let them know that Meerkat was still out searching, but he had decided to stop the search for Prevost.