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Towhee had a lot of mixed feelings about that pained smile, though she continued after a beat of silence. "I didn't think I could get pregnant at the time, though I think deep down I still hoped. Maybe that's what compelled me to be such a total slut? Anyhow, we banged and went our separate ways. And Meerkat came along about two months later, shocking us all, as you know. And like I said, there's no way to know for sure but I have a few reasons for believing he's the dad," one of which was because he was the best lay. Whether or not that could play a role in paternity, that's just facts. "So I told her about him and encouraged her to try finding him. And she did."

The Sovereign stopped there, to gauge Fen's expression and also because that thread hasn't actually played out yet so I'm not actually sure how that meeting went, exactly. Towhee pondered mentioning her other reason for wanting to locate Kaertok but... talk about too much information! She hadn't shared any of her plans for the upcoming breeding season with anyone but Phox and Niamh and sort of preferred it that way. It wasn't anybody else's business, right? And she still didn't know just how her new knowledge and mindset—she absolutely could get preggers—would really play out.