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

Time drifted by like a lazy fog, and Niamh felt that there was very little that made one day stand apart from the next. She'd been more or less impassive when she'd been greeted by Meerkat and Bronco, wanting to know how she felt about them going to Moonspear. It wasn't her decision, with regards to Meerkat- but she gave Bronco her blessing so long as both Phox and Towhee also agreed to let them go. And as far as she knew, Towhee had come to agree with their decision as she heard their farewell howl on the eve of their departure. She had mixed feelings about the entire thing- but still felt the numbness in her soul becoming more resounding than anything else. 

Children left. At least this time, they said goodbye. 

And so she struggled to reckon with Towhee's grief- which she could hear from nearly a mile away. She tried to remind herself about how she'd felt when Nellie disappeared, and then again when her daughter'd left earlier on in the year. Now Bronco was gone, but she hadn't seen much of them since their fight anyway so things felt hardly different. She'd miss Meerkat, though...But that was about as upset as Niamh felt about it. Everything else just felt...Bleak, but normal. 

Still- she couldn't just ignore her best friend and her ugly, audible sobs and nearly incomprensible bawling language as she neared where Towhee and Arcturus were. She snuck through the undergrowth, wanting to get a peak at the teo of them first, before approaching- just in case this was a tender moment that they'd prefer to share as just the two of them. But Niamh had very little tact so as soon as she saw that they weren't entangled in a sobbing embrace, she pushed her way through the bushes toward them. She doubted Towhee'd see her approach through the crocodile tears she was crying, and for the first time in quite some time, she felt a pang of guilt and sadness. Towhee was really upset. Not that it made much sense to Niamh to be so sad, given the fact that she felt Meerkat and Bronco would be safe with their friends on Moonspear- but Niamh knew nothing of the complications that existed between the two packs that could potentially make things tough for the youths. 

Arcturus looked worried, and she cast him a brief look. Part of Niamh wondered if he was trying to step up because he thought he might be Meerkat's father- and as far as Niamh was concerned, that wasn't so. Phox was. But that didn't mean that he couldn't be supportive of their mutual friend who looked like she needed as much support as she could possibly get. -Heyyyy- She greeted Towhee, approaching with a bit of caution, lowering her head in appeasement- fully aware that there was a chance Towhee might think she was responsible for Meerkat's departure.