Sun Mote Copse Climbed a mountain and I turned around

He didn't pry, which was both good and bad.  Good because she wasn't sure she wanted to talk about things, but bad because (like any child) she kind of wanted to be forced to spill.  It meant she could find comfort in talking to someone she cared about and knowing they listened and cared.

But because Phox wasn't a mind reader, his blind daughter had only herself to blame.  Uh... nothing? She answered truthfully when he asked what she thought of Niamh.  I'm sure she's fine, I just don't know her.  She'd never really met Bronco's mom, though she got along with her son pretty well.  Bronco said she's a nag, Fennec said with a little snrk.  It didn't occur to her that such a revelation might get her friend in trouble - Towhee and Phox hadn't exactly instilled that thinking in the girl.