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Her eyes fixed on Fennec's mouth as she shared what little she knew. Towhee ran her tongue over her lower lip and shook her head automatically before catching herself and replying, "Just morbid curiosity. They're not right on top of us, I guess, but they're close enough that..." She trailed off as she tried to think of the right word to explain. "It's annoying," she surmised after a beat.

She shook her head and refocused on the task at hand, taking a few steps and letting Fen know, "I'm headed this way." When her daughter presumably fell into step beside her, Towhee asked, "How're things today?" It was vague on purpose, in case she didn't want to get into it, but Towhee tried to make a point of asking every day, to make sure Fen knew she was there to listen.