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Her shoulders rose and fell. She hadn't thought too much about it, nor even wondered much if he knew. It really didn't matter now, since there was nothing either one of them could do about it. Towhee did want to ask him about why it mattered so much to him but knew was not the time to press him about his feelings toward Bat.

She weighed his description against what Kiwi had told her. It sounded like they'd pressed one another's buttons. It wasn't really that surprising. She did wonder what that "one goddamn thing" was exactly but heaved a sigh instead of asking. Like the miscommunication with Bat, Towhee thought it belonged forgotten in the past, although maybe it was a learning opportunity.

-It's good you didn't engage,- she said with that same dark look in her eye, -but you should've controlled your temper with Kiwi. She should have too. You're both Betas and our packs are allies. And you should've dropped a time too. We were really worried.-