Redsand Canyon Maybe months go by, maybe years from now

either is fine! She can have waited a bit when she got back

Fennec found her mom fairly easily. Mereo wasn't a place with a ton of hiding places and the common areas were pretty well regimented. She smiled and reached out to casually return the nuzzle. This time the expression was actually genuine.

Hey, mom. She stepped back, still smiling. I actually wanted to let you know, I went and talked to Bronco, at the Caldera. God, it had gone so terribly that it was funny to her now. The laugh was apparent under her next words. It was a shit show. I'm sorry I've been such an ass lately. I didn't know how much I needed that.

Towhee hadn't gotten the brunt of her emotional fallout but she'd definitely been subjected to some of it.