Firefly Glen the woodchuck song

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He appreciated her empathy, and nuzzled her ruff a bit, feeling himself relax a little bit knowing that someone seemed to understand how he felt without asking a bunch of prying questions. He knew Meerkat wasn't happy about Fennec going missing either, so it was a pain they shared, not something he had to explain to someone who had no idea what was going on. There were thousands of reasons for him to love his little sister already- and she gave him more every day.

He certainly was distracted and surprised when she mentioned her biological father. Overtired, Bronco first wondered if this meant that Phox was missing too- but then, of course, he remembered that Phox wasn't actually Meerkat's biological father. He realized then how little he'd ever thought about there being another male involved in Towhee's life- the only time he'd probably ever thought about it had been the time Towhee had explained how puppies were made to Meerkat. Oddly, his stomach didn't twinge now, the way it had when he'd thought about things before.

“That's news to me,” He said thoughtfully. He wasn't really aware that Towhee had even known who Meerkat's father was- but then again, he hadn't really asked her any questions about Meerkat's conception. It hadn't exactly been a topic he'd been comfortable talking about. But he felt kind of strange talking to Meerkat about finding her biological father, considering the fact that Phox, Towhee and Niamh had raised her. She had a surplus in the parent division already- as well as several protective and loving older siblings- but he, like her, was curious about the idea of her finding the one who'd made her. -“Rusalka?”- He asked, and he frowned slightly. “I think I heard Mom talking about it a long time ago; they live out by the sea,” He said. From what he could recall, though, most of what his mother had said about Rusalka was not exactly decent enough to be repeated. “Why? Do you think he's there?” He asked, figuring there must have been some common ground between the topic of her biological father, and the pack that his mother absolutely detested.