Firefly Glen I wish you well, but desire never leaves

“He didn’t,” Fennec said, among other things. But Meerkat was hung up on those words for a moment. Only slowly did it dawn on her that Fen must mean Bronco hadn’t felt that way about her. Naturally, she wondered what had happened between the two of them, though she wasn’t sure if she dared ask. There was something very telling in the blind woman’s tone.

Fen’s blunt comment made her heart sink a little. Meerkat wished she could explain herself better but she knew it was a lost cause. She’d already rambled enough, so she just nodded in chagrined acknowledgement, forgetting Fennec wouldn’t see it. She supposed her sister hadn’t really accepted her apology, though she hadn’t rejected it either.

I wouldn’t mind a fresh start, she said after a momentary pause. Moonspear is a good place for starting over and rebuilding. You brought Killdeer with you, didn’t you? Njord said there was something else with you guys. Who, if you don’t mind my asking?