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When Bronco appeared alongside her, Meerkat didn't even bat an eyelash. He often shadowed her around the mountainside. Another youngster might have found the helicoptering obnoxious but she didn't mind one bit. Actually, she liked having him around constantly. She was adventurous (clearly) and fortunately didn't feel homesick at all (though she did miss her parents, especially Towhee) but knowing she could turn and find her big brother there made her feel grounded in this brand new place.

-"It's kind of, um... oh, what's the word?"- she rejoined, flapping her forelegs uselessly before it hit her. -"Intimidating!"- She huffed a laugh at herself, then turned her face toward Bronco. -"Have you ever seen the waterfall off Heron Lake Plateau? It was so big, it was almost frightening. But I wasn't scared, I was just... it's like it gave me the whelmies, you know?"-

Her chocolate eyes skittered back to the rushing stream and, like the waterfall, she continued giving it a wide berth. She enjoyed swimming but some part of Meerkat intuitively sensed the danger in rapidly moving water like this. And maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her but as the downpour continued, she swore she could see the water rising, getting ready to spill over its banks and begin flooding the mountainside.

Suddenly coveting someplace dry and warm, Meerkat spontaneously suggested, -"We should find a den! Want to?"-