Moonspear not all tears are an evil.

Towhee made it sound like it was so easy. That all he needed to do was go talk to her until they solved all of their problems and were best friends once again. But how was that possible when Fenn had a habit of just waking away when she didn’t like what was being said? That was what he’d tried yesterday and she’d just bailed on him…

Fig took a deep breath and held it for four heartbeats, then released it while counting to eight. He felt himself getting emotional and he didn’t want to succumb to it. He had come to his mother to seek her advice on the matter, not to whine and cry until she told him he was a good boy and Fenn was just a meany head.

”I do like the hugs,” Fig said with a forced smiled. He took his deep breath again and after letting it go, he did another. ”I’ll definitely try to talk to her again before I go,” he said, ”I just feel like it never does any good. But… I’ll try.”

Fig shook his head, trying to free himself of his melancholy. He looked around to see where Meerkat had run off to. ”Meerkat seems like she’s doing well,” he commented, trying to change the subject. It seemed better to dwell on the fact that at least someone in their family seemed happy.