Redsand Canyon Maybe months go by, maybe years from now

Fennec laughed. I guess he finally got tired of lying about it. Towhee said it wasn't important, and she definitely got what her mom meant. But for her it was actually the most important part of the fight.

I could never figure out why he changed. When we first started, he was super sweet. But then he came back, after Killdeer, and it was like he was a complete stranger. It was more than just whatever happened to him. He didn't even treat me like a friend anymore. He hadn't been like that with Killdeer or with others in the pack.

I couldn't figure out how I'd fucked up and why shit went so bad. Now I know it was rotten from the start and that he wasn't even interested in trying to fix it. She grinned a little wickedly. I guess I 'bullied' him into having a relationship with Killdeer too, but I didn't hear him complaining about that.

It was months, maybe even more than a year, of mental baggage gone. She couldn't begin to describe how good that felt. Anyway. Thanks, mom, for being here. I think everything's going to be okay now. Fennec leaned forward, aiming to give her a nuzzle on the cheek. She was delighting in the chance to get her less charitable feelings out but her thanks was more genuine than she usually let show.