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But he isn’t the same son you loved. Fennec finished the thought for her, hearing the difficulty with which Meerkat spoke and remembering distinctly how that felt. Killdeer had never once made her feel that way. His father was an entirely different story.

When Bronco came back, I was convinced I could have the man I loved back again. I couldn’t love who he became, and who he became didn’t want me either. Trying to change that was a mistake. Fennec wasn’t sure if her sister would find anything valuable in this revelation, but she felt something loosen in herself, finally admitting it.

You can’t make someone need you. If they don’t want to, trying is only going to make things worse. At least, it always seems to. Maybe she was wrong. Maybe there was a world where Meerkat chased Swordfish down and the two of them had a tearful reunion, mother and son, renewing their relationship like nothing ever happened. That just wasn’t a world Fennec lived in.