Redsand Canyon I got a hankering for four wide tires

She was disappointed when he didn't respond to her jokes and attempts to move things to a lighter place. Instead he re-iterated what he'd already said. At first Fennec was annoyed; it seemed like he was doubling down on ignoring the simple thing she was asking for. It sounded to her, initially, as if he'd stay with her no matter what based on the value of an agreement made because they'd both given into the impulse of loneliness. For the first time she wondered if she'd made a mistake in agreeing to this. She wasn't anyone's responsibility.

Fuck. My last marriage ended because it had to. He refused to trust me, no matter how hard I tried to prove oherwise, and told me that I was selfish when I finally asked for the things I wanted. But it still took him revealing that our entire mateship had been a lie for me to finally see we were done. They weren't understanding each other and she wondered now if it was because they didn't know the same kind of love. She had no idea what sort of woman Ruenna had been, but from what he'd said before, their marriage had not ended in flames. So she couldn't imagine not wanting to regain it if they were ever given the chance. You told me that you wouldn't hear anything against her, and that her leaving wasn't any statement towards her loving you. Or you loving her. What else do you expect me to think?

She sat up, leaving the prey where it sat. She'd come back to it later; she wasn't hungry anymore. Either you are the type who doesn't fight for the things that you love or you know that what I said the first time was true. It does matter. Her ending your marriage means she didn't love you enough to keep it, or to promise she'd come back. Fennec didn't mean to be cruel, but despite her tone being softer than when she began, the words still would likely cut. She didn't know how he would react to them, but she needed him to acknowledge if this was the truth. Otherwise she'd be left to wonder if he really was willing to drop love at the slightest whim, then chance a mateship with a complete stranger on another.

I don't know her... or you. That's why I'm asking, idiot. Not even Fennec would risk teasing him out loud after what she'd just said, but the comment entertained her. Of course she didn't know Ruenna or what their mateship had been like. That's why she was so cautious, placing herself in the middle of something that he'd revealed so little around.