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She’d found Killdeer after a while and together they departed Mereo. She was glad that she’d at least spoken with him beforehand; it was one less thing to have to worry about, whether or not he would want to go.

She ignored Germanicus’ call completely. He’d known better than to include her in it, and whatever he said, she didn’t want to know.

Fennec felt strangely detached as she followed Killdeer out and towards Epoch. It was like she’d run this road before; and she had, almost exactly one year ago. A month ago she’d been optimistically looking forward. Now springtime was reinforced as a time for heartache and loss.

She wondered if Towhee would be disappointed.

Fennec shifted closer to Killdeer as they waited, standing so her shoulder rested against his flank. This time she would have him and it already made a world of difference. There was no need for space this time; just a numb acceptance for the things they’d both lost.