Sun Mote Copse Fairest of the seasons

You got #1000!

Phox didn't remember hearing the part where Niamh had been there (and with Titmouse?!) before he had come home. What a trip. What he did remember was that his sicko brother had attempted to do the nasty with Raven, and yikes. Talk about the family's black sheep. At least Phox had never done anything straight up demented like that. He was vaguely aware that his brother was possibly still alive, though Phox hoped he didn't run into him in this life or the next.

Wild, was all he had to say to that. I feel like that was eons ago, really. Not long after he'd arrived, he'd found and rescued Camilla. Figment and Fennec had come not long after that. Camilla was gone not long after that. Somewhere in there, Niamh, Colt, and company moved to the Firebirds while Phox and Towhee went south to the grove. In some ways, he still regretted that move. They should have waited. He should have gotten more backing before they'd gone and set up shop there. But it was what it was. (That's just is, y'know?)

I wonder how the trio will feel about next year's kids. Figment and Fennec had both been pretty cool with it. Honestly, they'd been astoundingly accepting of Niamh in general, which Phox had not expected. Phox was just so dang lucky to keep getting blessed with such good children.

Maybe we should plan on sending next year's lot to Moonspear or Firefly Glen when they hit five or six months. That seems about the time they start getting antsy. We could do a little musical chairs-style shuffle with all the kids from the different packs. Then maybe they could avoid an Alyx-style blowout. Learn from their past mistakes, as it were.