Sun Mote Copse Hades gonna hate.

She caught his muttered epithet and snorted. Maybe later... Towhee did not acknowledge it aloud, especially since Reyes had more to say. He asked her to repeat herself, which earned a momentary squint from her. Had she stuttered? Then she remembered the way he'd been looking at her forelimbs as if they were making him dizzy. Maybe he'd been too caught up WTFing to catch everything she'd said.

-"For the moment, just stay put and do patrols,"- Towhee replied, mustering patience. -"My brother, Phox, is taking some of the others to visit our family for a couple days. And I've sent Niamh and Eljay to Redhawk Caldera, which is on the other side of those."- She pointed out the Barrier Mountains looming over the copse's eastern edge. -"It's nowhere near the ocean. It is closer to our allies at Moonspear."- As she said it, she couldn't help but sweep the borders, once more hoping Hydra would magically materialize.