Moonspear shrimps is bugs

She was gratified when Meerkat actually took a moment to think, rather than accusing her immediately of shifting the blame and the focus to her own perspective. It was something she’d struggled with through all of this; how was she selfish for wanting to be respected, but Fig wasn’t for denying her needs in favor of his own?

Echoes of Bronco again, encouraging her even more to drop the subject in favor of Meerkat’s answer. At least her sister didn’t seem to think she was completely out of line with all of this. It helped somewhat.

Fennec thought back to when she’d stepped down, but the two weren’t really comparable. She’d stepped down in part because she’d felt overwhelmed, but mostly because it had been hard to care about anything like that with things so rough in her relationship. Even after Bronco came back, there’d just been too much pain and distrust.

It’s a thankless job. You have to be able to care about all of it, otherwise they are probably better off with someone who will. I think it’s harder to do that when they aren’t your family. Like adopting kids who have lived years without you calling the shots, so why would they need you now? Fennec thought about that a moment, then huffed an amused breath. I just felt like the Caldera was easier than Mereo, despite quitting on mom. I get it, and I don’t think it’s that weird of a thing to feel.