Sun Mote Copse the fortune lady came along and walked beside,

it was the first time arcturus had touched towhee since — well — since his first true encounter with her. in that split second, thousands of emotions and sensations came rushing back to the forefront.

he flinched at the speed in which she turned around, fully ready for fangs following the muted growl. instead, he found something that puzzled him — she was tear stained and raw.

that took the anger right out of his sails. arcturus slumped to the ground and looked at his feet. a hard emotion turned his expression thorny. for a while it looked like he was trying to organize his thoughts. instead, all he could manage was a soft why? before he looked up and sought her gaze. he just couldn’t understand.