Wheeling Gull Isle if you look away, the stars will know, and they will not be able to help you.

She watched Maegi closely, and as Poppy slept at her back she beckoned the girl over, rolling onto her side so that she might nestle into Reigi's smooth coat.  She wanted to offer the ghost-girl comfort — so recently had Reigi been through this that she did not worry even with the deceased brood.

Whether Maegi took her up on the offer or not, the raven would continue to stand guard until Poppy's labour began again.  Reigi took to pacing, checking in every once and a while and then —

somewhere, outside of her grasp, Poppy had passed.  Innately, Reigi was scared that she was going to be blamed, but she still howled for @Coelacanth / @Stockholm / @Komodo as she gave Maegi a terrified glance.