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

her first and final link to her mother was severed, and the girl found herself tucked near the warmth of another. 

this meant little to her - perhaps some part of her new formed brain realized that something was off, yet the majority was happy merely for the warmth and for the sweet breath that filled her lungs. mercy was granted in her tight-closed gaze and sealed ears, and the babe found the provided source of nutrients quickly. peeping occasionally through a mouthful of warmth, she grew full as three of her five siblings grew cold.