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You will, Towhee concurred, pleased that Tamar felt confident in this, as she should. And, of course, her second observation was true as well. Idly, Towhee wondered if she was more experienced as a mother or a warrior.

She didn’t expect the question, not that it was an unexpected one. I helped my brother raise his eldest two after his first mate died, so I’m their mother for all intents and purposes. But Meerkat is technically my firstborn. The same year she was born, my brother’s second mate also had a batch and we raised them altogether. When was the last time anyone had called her Towma? Biting back the slight ache of that, she continued, Then I had the three last year. Six, actually, but she didn’t want to burden Tamar, just like she didn’t mention how both Phox and herself had been robbed of their chance to raise his latest litter.

And, she said after a brief pause to give the younger woman a chance to add that up in her head if she liked, more to come, even though I would’ve sworn I was finished after last year. I guess I just can’t resist the siren call of motherhood… Or, more likely, the season.