Redsand Canyon Waiting for a sign

Fennec silently patrolled the southern end of the canyon, brooding with her thoughts. It was becoming more and more clear that just having Killdeer here wasn't enough, no matter how hard she tried to force through it. She was lonely, desperately so, and yet every time she thought about making friends she couldn't find the energy or desire in herself to try. Why should she? It wouldn't change anything.

No one here suited the role anyway. Towhee was her mom, but Fennec wasn't sure how well she understood her. There were so many things that were different about them. Her siblings were all too young, the leadership was all friends with Towhee and Rue, and Fennec just... didn't know what to do.

She'd promised to stay for him. But she was miserable, slipping further into a feeling that maybe this was just how things would be now. Maybe a part of her "curse" was that she simply never got to find happiness. Not in a way that felt complete, or filled that emptiness that gnawed at her.

Fennec stopped where she was and listened, ears fully focused southward. But the only sound that came to her was the slight wind that slipped through the canyon.