Firefly Glen you were a child crawling on your knees toward him.

*Hoards all the Stevie love*

He appreciated that Figment didn't humiliate him, as he was already humiliated enough by his own self-consciousness and doubt. He himself had no idea why Fennec had reacted the way she had; it didn't make sense for her to not at least check on him. She'd walked away from him, angrily, after pulling him from the earth. She'd not come to check on him after he fell a few feet out of her den and into the river just outside. And now, she'd disappeared- so he simply connected the dots, and assumed that she'd simply reached the final straw, perhaps. 

But what Figment offered for other potential explanations had crossed his mind as well too. He grimaced, and turned his ears back at the thought of Fennec being kidnapped. "No, I haven't sm-" He would have gone on, if he hadn't been interrupted. He startled visibly, stiffening automatically and straightening his posture as the snarky voice called out unexpectedly. Bronco's surprised gaze fell upon Penn, and darkened almost immediately. He recalled how sour he had felt when Fennec had left with him- and how much he'd continued to resent his cousin, who had ditched Fennec the last time he'd left the Copse. He'd never really liked Penn- but because of how he'd treated Fennec, he now loathed him. 

His malicious remark went over Bronco's head, and he forgot his civil conversation with Figment in an instant. For Penn to comment on Fennec's welfare was an affront- and he suddenly wondered if Penn hadn't had something to do with her disappearance. With a snarl, he lunged, and without even deigning to respond to Penn's barb he charged toward his cousin with snapping jaws- hoping he might be able to catch him so that he could pin him down and make him squeal.