Sun Mote Copse But if I know you

After Bronco left, Fennec sat quiet on what they'd spoken about.  The month was probably going to crawl by anyway, and she wasn't sure how to approach the subject.  The one who she was least sure about? Eljay.

She continued to avoid Niamh, which wasn't hard to do.  It meant she rarely saw her younger siblings, which felt a little awful, but it was a sacrifice the selfish girl was more than willing to make.  Mostly she just leaned into her training and used that as an excuse for her preoccupation.  She didn't have to worry about fixing anything if she was focusing on learning as much as she could.

Today Eljay was too busy for a lesson.  Fennec was resigned to lurking the day away, but then she heard the telltale sign of someone stalking something from a space near where she'd chosen for a nap.  It didn't sound like her step mother, so she got slowly to her feet and wove around to follow.  She wasn't trying to stay out of sight, but she did stay back and match their quiet.  She wanted to hear what they were doing.