Sun Mote Copse time makes you bolder

He frowned. She wasn't willing to wait, and she really wasn't willing to listen to him about not going with Penn. He felt that Figment, too, likely felt an obligation to his younger sister- and he was disappointed to see that Fennec was fine with going off and leaving for who knows how long. He didn't want to ask- because he felt it might hurt to much to know. He was reminded, then, of the day he'd offered her some of his elk meat kill...When Meerkat had wanted to tickle her- and she'd discouraged her. Maybe Fennec just wasn't as family-oriented as he was; and he found that oddly unattractive. 

Quietly, he mused about Penn, the runaway- and he sighed. "You know he's just running away from his pain, right?" Bronco asked. His voice was soft, gentle, empathetic. "I know what that's like. But I didn't run." His sister had, and it had torn a rift in the family that had not healed, since. "You can't trust someone who turns their back an' runs away every time things get hard. Just....Remember that." He said.