Redhawk Caldera Fully symbolic creatures.

"Are you thinking he could use help?" Rue asked, a flicker of hope returning to her expression. Rue was hardly in a position to try to establish a pack on her own, but with a strong young man like Figment to do the legwork, well.. that had potential. 

Rue was absolutely not picking up what Towhee was putting down. She was imagining her potential role in this would-be sister pack as something of an advisor to the young alpha. It would not occur to her that Towhee was suggesting anything more intimate than that. Rue had avoided even mentioning that she was into Phox's look, so of course she thought that in Towhee's mind, her children were off the table.