Northstar Vale I can shoot a shotgun, I can catch a fish

Just like that, Mereo was hers to watch. She didn’t feel at all equipped, and leading a place alone had never been her intention, but this was Killdeer’s home and she’d made a promise.

Unlike some, she stood by those.

Even that dig was tired, her heart not in it. She was tired of resenting, over and over, the things that hurt her. Germanicus had left earlier than she would have liked, but when he brushed off her half-hearted protests, she didn’t argue. She wanted it over with too.

When Fennec went walking, she’d intended to visit the cave. But instead her steps took her towards Epoch, the last place she should probably go but the only one she actually wanted to.

She wanted to talk to her dad.

Her mom too, but for this particular heartbreak…. with Towhee she would want to get angry. Phox would just be there. Besides, she hadn’t really visited since learning he was back (I assume, idk).

Lifting her muzzle, she called out, summoning @Phox with a softer than usual request. She didn’t want to make an ordeal out of this, especially if Germanicus had burned so many bridges here. But she would see her family, for as long as she could, before whatever happened came true.

It had occurred to her, if her husband returned to lead them away… she’d lose this proximity again. Another barb to her tired emotional state.