Sun Mote Copse the halluci nation

She was happy when Fennec grabbed this new thread of conversation, at least for a moment. Her sister’s answer made her stomach sink. Meerkat couldn’t help but think again of the way she’d hastily quit the recent meeting, without acknowledging their kid sister’s accomplishment. The picture she painted made it sound like she was unhappy with her life at the copse, which in turn made Meerkat feel slightly defeated.

Were you upset by Jr’s promotion? The question popped out of her mouth before she could think about it, her emotional bandwidth evidently too tied up to bother filtering. Assuming she knew the answer, she softly tacked on, Why?