Sun Mote Copse This mess is a place

She hit him playfully, just as he suspected. Phox let his mind wander back to Niamh, even though he didn't really want it to go there. Thankfully, Towhee spoke again, and he let his eyes focus on her instead of whatever space they were staring off into. As if she even had to ask!

-The unexpected happened last year, and you helped me. Seems only fair, doesn't it? Besides, with the way things are going, it doesn't look like I'll have any of my own to raise this year.- Phox desperately wanted to be a dad again. With their two very different predicaments, it seemed unlikely that either he or Towhee would become parents this year.

-It's not like you'd try and track down all the dudes you boned and get them to help, right?- he asked. That didn't seem like a very productive use of her time when she had a perfectly capable father right here. -Although I suppose you could always blame Pippin.-