Ouroboros Spine brightest star tonight

She pressed into the nuzzle, letting her eyes squeeze shut as Bronco spoke close to her good ear, words of reassurance. Meerkat should've known he would be understanding, though she still felt immense relief that he wasn't angry with her for choosing Towhee over him, in a way.

She considered his words a long time before drawing back to look him in the eye. "I want to go and stay there until she doesn't need me as much," she admitted, which was as indefinite as everything else in their lives lately. "But," she continued in the very next breath, "then I want to rejoin you, wherever you are, if I'm welcome."