Redhawk Caldera I'm a phoenix in the water

With a single word, Fennec thrust a spear through her mother's heart, making her wince. Of course she couldn't sleep, she was in terrible pain. Towhee wished she could somehow lift that burden off Fen's shoulders and onto her own. She would've done it without thinking. But that wasn't how the world worked.

She was about to ask if there was anything she could do—fetch food, ask Eljay for some medicine to help her sleep, anything—but Fen beat her to the punch by asking about news. She blanked for a moment, her tunnel vision preventing her from being able to think of a single thing to say to her.

But then she blurted, "Meerkat found her bio dad, though she probably already told you all about that."