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It turned out Fennec could relate to their mother’s plight even more deeply than Meerkat realized. Her jaw tightened as she listened to her sister’s story. To this day, she still had no clue what had happened to Bronco. She knew it must’ve been something terrible, to have exploded his life’s, as well as Fennec’s and Killdeer’s.

She didn’t say this but I get the impression she wouldn’t exactly welcome Maxim back easily if he did turn up again, Meerkat said. I’m sorry you can relate. Even though Njord left of his own volition, it wasn’t easy dealing with his absence, especially when it went on a lot longer than he intended. I had no idea what was keeping him and he was missing out on his kids’ lives. I was actually starting to get over him when he turned up again, which is crazy to think about now…

And truth be told, she didn’t want to think about it much. Meerkat shook her head lightly. She didn’t mind if Fennec needed to unload on her—she was a therapist, after all!—but Meerkat didn’t want to dwell on her own triggering memories of yore. And maybe her sister wouldn’t mind changing the subject to something a bit lighter?

On the topic of grabbing something when we head back, I was hoping you’d join my family for dinner tonight. And now that we’ve talked, I can’t help but think… She paused, mulling. Where do you sleep? Do you have a ulaq? If you don’t, maybe you could think about building one near ours. Only if you want, though. We’d like having you close and, well, I know it’s not what you meant before. But you wouldn’t have to be alone.