Redsand Canyon We like to wuki.

We can keep going or just fade this out with a summary of how Towhee is doing <3 Either works for me

Aquene had not been forthcoming with the gritty details of her former homelife. She knew very few had been keyed into the truth, even after Dimitri had attacked her at the borders. Germanicus knew, as did Ruenna to some extent… and then Kallik. She had never shared, not seeing the point of dragging up old trauma, not when others had a habit of looking at her differently afterward.
 
“I would love to.” She didn’t know why she hadn’t thought to simply ask Rue herself… perhaps she did not want to let her down, or make her feel as though the work she had put in had been unseen by the medicus… but she had not. “What is new with you? And how are the kids? I’ve felt so out of touch chasing after my own and keeping up with everything else.”