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Mou was withdrawn. Of course he was. She wanted to crawl within herself, too, but one of them needed to be present for this. Phox's words surprised her, though, and the haunted look upon her face fell away, replaced with genuine sympathy.

Thank you, Maegi murmured. I—we would love to, she amended, glancing cautiously at her mate. Again she scanned the area, looking for approaching children. None to be found.

Well, this certainly put a wrinkle in things.

I would have thought you would want to return to your family as soon as possible, she went on, her head tilting slightly in curious inquiry. If it's a matter of Peregrine and Vesper not coming. . .well, we can certainly try to convince them. Maybe all of us can go together.

The wind was entirely taken out of her sails. She had been so adamant upon dropping all children off with the Redhawks, then fucking off entirely to the Void (or whatever lay beyond). Now, those plans seemed in doubt.