Northstar Vale come in from the rain

he waited for a beat. selfishly wanting full privacy for this discussion, in case of any twist or turn it took.

towhee will be fine — he started with most importantly. but there was recently a lynx attack. she is currently recovering from a back injury, but it did bring up the conversation of...retirement. perhaps she might already see where he was headed.

still he paused here to give her a moment to react to that first bit of news.