Moonspear I don't wanna be sober

Meerkat tried to think of what to say to Fennec’s next confession. Anything that came to mind hit like a platitude, which was not what either one of them wanted. Perhaps it was best not to say anything at all sometimes, to just listen and acknowledge.

I hope you find that, Meerkat said. Pack mates, she concurred, which is fitting because we tend to think of one another as village sisters. I consider Sialuk found family, for instance. We’ve been there for each other since we were kids, even if there was a lot of time and distance between us at times.

It sounded like Fen wanted something like that. Perhaps Sialuk could fulfill that role or someone else on the mountain, if not Meerkat herself. She shifted, staying quiet, but ready and willing to listen if Fennec had anything further to say.