Moonspear shrimps is bugs

Fennec asked her to consider it from her perspective. She nodded unthinkingly again and tried to put herself in her sister’s shoes. Vicious cycle, she thought again, clicking her tongue against the backs of her teeth. How could she help Fen break free from that? Had she helped just by speaking frankly today? She hoped so.

I hope you and Fig are able to open up the lines of communication, Meerkat said a little uselessly. If he was here, I’d tell him the truth would set him free, she added lightly, punctuating the joke with a huff of laughter.

Fennec nudged the limelight back to her a moment later. Her lips pulled into a smile at the joke, though her mouth soon fell into a more contemplative line. Meerkat had done a lot of introspection over the past few days in particular, going over this very thing with herself. The decision had been made, though maybe talking about it with someone else would validate it.

I just felt I was stretched too thin. I like to think I did a good job as a councilor and that it didn’t impact my role as a mother and wife… but I was constantly stressing about it. Constantly. I just felt like I had too many balls in the air. I don’t want to do anything that compromises my marriage or my daughters’ upbringing, so it’s not that it’s not for me ever… just definitely not right now. I know it’s usually the leaders who breed and such, so it’s a bit counter-intuitive…