Sun Mote Copse And I'm breaking down, I think I'm breaking down

She didn't need to hear it, so she didn't thank him, but she did appreciate his confidence.  She was sure she would too... that wasn't the problem here.  The problem was she didn't really think it meant all that much.  Not when it compared to the skills she'd tried and failed at before settling on this course.

Fennec smirked a little at his final comment.  Well, congrats.  She could try to be happy for him... and she almost was.  Almost.  She let silence hang there for a moment, awkward.  

She'd been so happy to come back to the copse for a visit, back when that was all it was.  But Penn had pushed her almost immediately, and now that she'd pushed back, her plans of continuing to travel with him were gone.  She hadn't told them, no, but that had always been the plan.  She knew it now.  And it was amazing how quickly, after those plans shattered, the copse went right back to feeling like a prison sentence.