Sun Mote Copse How can we live in charcoal towns?

Fennec did not expect to be pulled into a hug as soon as she got close, not with Eljay and soneone else there.  It restricted her movement and kind of freaked her out, but the fact that it was Towhee made her just kinda freeze instead of pulling away immediately.  She didn't mind when she was ready for it, but nervous and not ready for it, it just made everything ten times worse.

They'd talked about this before, and Fennec didn't really know how to respond then either, though at least she'd been hopeful then.  She probably didn't look like she had much reaction to the news, but that was because she was thinking.  Fig responded with the fact that he was here, which almost made her laugh because duh.  But now wasn't the time.

Oh.  She didn't care for her own sake.  Towhee and Phox both talked about kids like they were everything, especially Towhee that last conversation, but Fennec didn't mind either way.  Nothing changing was good too.  She just wanted them to be happy, but her mom sounded devastated to not be able.  How can she even tell that?  Was it still too early, like she said before?