Moonspear Madness fills my heart and soul

She listened astutely to every word Bronco spoke. Meerkat knew a little bit about these subjects—recollecting, with an inner laugh, how she'd marveled at her parents' strange dynamic with her Aunt Hydra shortly after joining Moonspear—but his explanation certainly helped fill in some blanks. It all pretty much made sense to her, so when he finished, she nodded acknowledgement.

"Oh, I know. I can't even have a boyfriend until I'm an adult, right?" Meerkat asked innocently. She wasn't entirely sure where she'd gotten that impression but she also didn't question it whatsoever. Meerkat fancied Atlas and liked the idea of calling him her boyfriend, yet she wasn't totally naive. "I like Atlas but I definitely have to get to know him better as a friend first," she said with a smile.

"But speaking of that," Meerkat mentioned in the next breath, "don't I get to enter the adult ranks when I'm nine months? That's next month!"