Heron Lake Plateau You catch the pearl and ride the dragon's wings

What a wild, wild ride this was turning out to be. Camilla and Towhee couldn't be any more different, and here was Phox, stuck in the middle of all of it. Camilla was leaning into him, Towhee was telling them they should fuck, and he was just here trying to figure out why is brain was fuzzing out. She, uh... Towhee says we should... Phox tried to think of a more delicate way to put it. Do things that mates do. Yeah, like find a suitable den!

Do you want kids? he asked abruptly, realizing he hadn't even had that conversation with her. Not, like, right now, but... is that... do you? Why was he stammering like a goddamn fool? And just what exactly was going on between Towhee and Camilla? More question marks.