Sun Mote Copse Can the child within my heart rise above

What surprised Bronco first was the fact that Fennec didn't seem as keen to babysit, and seemed to begrudge Towhee for leaving her child with them. Bronco snorted, but tried to tell himself to cool it. Fennec wasn't the sort of wolf he wanted to tell off for their sass- because he knew she'd give it back tenfold. "She prolly just wants a break. She's on kid duty like...All day," He said. He knew that between Towhee, his mother and Phox, they had their time filled with every need and want that their children presented. He didn't envy them the amount of time and effort it took to raise the kids- so he didn't mind babysitting so they could have a break. At least with Meerkat, with her being older, he could play. He had no idea how to handle the infants, still. 

He frowned when Fennec discouraged Meerkat from tickling her, and gently turned her over. Meerkat didn't mind, and didn't seem upset to be discouraged in the slightest- but Bronco figured this wasn't just Fennec not wanting to be tickled. She was in a mood. Fennec sent Meerkat bounding toward him, and he'd learned already how to at least distract the young child for a few moments. "Aright, aright," He said, as Meerkat lurched toward the chunk of elk meat. He reached out with one large forepaw to stop her, and corral her toward him. "You don't want that stuff, that ain't even been chewed yet. C'mere, Kitten" He said, backing away from the elk carcass. And while it wasn't elegant, Bronco was surprisingly quick at being able to regurgitate some of the meat he'd consumed earlier and did so withut a second thought. He was a bit self-conscious about the whole ordeal, and still found it made him feel a bit queasy to think that kids actually ate regurgitated meat- but thus far, for Meerkat at least, he'd been forcing himself to help out and provide her with something she could handle. "There ya go. Bronco stew," He joked, though the idea still made him shudder. 

Hoping the kid would take the bait and help herself to a snack, he turned back to Fennec- relieved that at least she couldn't see what he'd just done. She would've heard it, though, so he shrugged (pointlessly) and cleared his throat. "Ain't exactly, uh, attractive, but...Kid needs to eat."