Redsand Canyon Maybe there's a reason to believe you'll be okay

Meerkat closed the gap for her, bumping her muzzle.  Oh, wow.  That really was luck, wasn't it?  Though as it sank in that she'd likely need to explain herself... and if she went home, need to explain herself more... it crossed her mind again that she could have just let it go.  Yeah.  I just....

Alright.  Needed space implied something happened, and while that was true, she wasn't about to explain that.  Wanted to get away had the same message, same outcome, and same everything.  Damn, she could do better than this.  She was a world class liar.

...got turned around.  Meant to come home, but I fell down in this canyon and hurt myself, so I didn't want to risk climbing out yet.  All lies.  She'd definitely run and definitely hadn't originally meant to come home anytime soon.  Enough of it was true, though, that she was straight when she said it.

Really?  I called a few times.  Also not a lie.  But that only expounded on her reasoning.  If they had been looking, that meant.... she wasn't sure.  But it didn't feel great.  Meerkat's tone didn't have any judgement, but Fennec was torn.  She really wanted to go home, and to see everyone.  She also really wanted to go find another mountain, even further away, where she wouldn't have to face whatever reactions they were bound to throw at her.