Sunbeam Lair talking out loud

Fennec was at least aware that most of her issues with Mereo stemmed from her own refusal to engage with the pack. She was having a harder time than she had thought and couldn't begin to put the words to why - so she settled for giving Neon the part of the truth she could best talk about.

It's alright. My family is there, and my son loves the place. She didn't try to hide her pride, saying that. But it's more of an army than a pack. They train constantly, and anyone who isn't a soldier ends up feeling a bit like baggage. Or perhaps it was just her who felt that way.

If you like canyons, want to learn how to fight, or don't care about rank, then maybe you'd like it. Otherwise I'd probably look somewhere else. See, mom? This is why no pack I started would ever get anywhere. Lying to strangers is only fun when they aren't around long enough to catch you out. Fortunately Fennec mostly fit in that third category - but it was the mostly that left a somewhat rudderless sensation within her. She had her gardens, but little more than that to look forward to.