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In the cavernous hold of Mother's, secluded on her favorite wall, Eris stood unaided for the first time in weeks. Her pregnancy had not been easy, despite the facade she played. It was not within her soul to take help from others, and yet when she had found herself unable to walk on her own for the latter half of the journey, Eris had been grateful.

She stretched along the length of the ground before curling back around the little ones. The pain, discomfort, and unease had gifted the pride with six little additions; four strong sons, and two clever daughters. Soon they would wake to meet their true family.

Eris chuckled. "Wings of fancy, wings of war," she murmured. "Tell me little ones, which is thicker? Blood or water? One so pure and strong, clear and kind, but also very free willed. The other tainted and dark, callous and corrupt with the strength of a thousand souls. I wonder, then, what kind of souls you shall be? "



Sandalphon awoke when he was picked up in his mother's maw and deposited ontop of her stretched out paws. In other females it may have been seen as a loving act, but Eris nipped his ears to wake him.

He pushed against her until he tumbled onto the ground beside her. The young male showed his displeasure by hissing at her, and rubbing at his ear with his paw when a shiver went through him. Was that...? There was spit in his ear! Groooossss!

Lirona heard the commotion and opened her eyes. She looked at her brothers, her eyes half opened. It was tempting just to fall back to sleep again, but she decided that if her brothers were up, she should be up as well. She stretched before standing up. "Good morning mother." She said with a smile toward Eris. Her attention went to her brothers. After letting out a yawn she greeted them. "Morning brothers."

She playfully batted her tail at them. "Sleep well?" She asked, her eyes still adjusting to the light provided by the fireflies. She tapped her other brother Taharka on the head. "Are you up Taharka?"



Before waking up Taharka had a pretty good dream. When he felt his sister's paw tap him, he opened his eyes. His attention went to his siblings. He gave them a half smile before slowly getting up. "I am now." He said with a half smile. Typically he was a heavy sleeper, able to sleep through most noises. However whenever he got touched he would wake up a lot quicker. He hated getting woken up that way, though he usually didn't show it unless he was having a really good dream. As quickly as his tired legs would move him, he moved a bit away from his siblings.

He did a couple stretches. Today he hoped they would explore the caves a little. The way the fire flies shown made him want to see more of the pride. "Today are our fathers coming to see us?" He asked hopefully.

((Sorry, I was traveling and busy RL.))

Themba woke up all at once, his attention caught by the absence of siblings sleeping at his side more than the noise they made. He woke in time to catch Taharka's question about their fathers. Although he shared Taharka's hopefulness, he also felt a faint stir of unease. His fathers were strangers, after all. Would both his fathers have wings, leaving him and his mother the only one out? He huddled against his mother's side, looking about him with bright, curious eyes.