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Rue blinked, taken aback by Phox's defensive response to her concern. It was obviously a conversation topic that he wished to avoid, but how could it possibly help Fennec for the whole pack to simply stick their heads down in the sand? Fennec certainly wasn't wrong in any way, but she did have a medical condition-- it was downright foolish to ignore that. 

"Your strategy is to do nothing and hope for the best? Phox, that's not a plan. That's a prayer." 

Had it been this time last year-- or perhaps had it been a disagreement over anything other than the future of a child-- Ruenna might have allowed Phox's sharp look to cow her into silence. But there was too much at stake here... somone needed to challenge Phox to think a little harder on this one.