Sun Mote Copse Can the child within my heart rise above

Fennec was leading up to ask Bronco if he wanted to bounce for a bit when, instead, Towhee asked if they'd babysit.  Oh that was so not a good idea right now.  But... she couldn't really say no, especially since Towhee didn't leave her time to. Now she had something new to be annoyed at, though, which was something.

She just assumes we have nothing else to do, Fennec muttered, loud enough for Bronco at least to hear.  He'd said yes easily enough, though, and it was true.  When did she ever have anything else to do?

Fennec didn't really do polite pretense, so when Meerkat started tickling her, she rolled her sister over with a smile and pinned her (gently) for a moment.  Not today Meer.  But hey, if you're hungry, bet you could totally steal that food from Bronco.  I think you could take him, she said, fake whispering since she knew about her hearing issues.  She might not be as deaf as her mother, but she couldn't be sure at any moment that Meerkat was looking at her, so didn't want to have her miss it.