Nanook was quick to heed her sister's summons, some energy having returned after the weirdness of the past four weeks -- and, not to mention, her appetite. She had confided these trivial changes to none but her sister, Siarut, and the internal organization of her own busy brain, noting down her most recent development: a gentle roundness to her abdomen that she had never quite experienced before. She had always been a wisp of a thing, wiry as a child, malnourished as a youth, toned by travel in her most recent years, so this was an anomaly. Perhaps if her sister noticed, then this would be a surer sign than her own deductions that her growing... bumpiness?... was something different than a result of her sudden voracity to eat.

She came into Stone Circle alone, but imagined Siarut was on his way. Nanook offered her sister a warm smile and an affectionate kiss to her chin.

Her sister didn't need to say anything for Nanook to know that she knew. That grin spoke enough. Excitement pricked at Nanook's skin, and a flashing anxiety. She drew backward with an equal smile, a conspiratorial one shared between them both. They would discuss this later.

Nanook turned to Siarut and gave a soft nudge to his cheek, before returning her ears to Valette. The question was one her sister had proposed numerous times before -- and each time, Nanook's answer had been the same. She saw no reason for things to be different now. Pregnancy hadn't slowed Valette down. There was no reason it should affect her, either. So Nanook tipped her head with a simple nod, "You know I delight to serve our family. I would be honoured," but with this, she finished, and cast a sidelong glance to gauge her mate's response. Presumably, he would be just as eager as she to take up the responsibility, perhaps even more. He had always loved to lead -- but then again, sometimes people surprised you.

As always, Siarut's face remained steady, but Nanook had known him long enough. Even now she wondered what thoughts stormed beneath the surface of the glance he returned her. She would inquire later. His consensus brought a glow to her inquiring eyes. She knew her husband had not had the best run in leadership, and she knew of his insecurities, but they had worked to overcome them. Nanook swelled with pride for the man she had chosen, and saw his acceptance of this proposal as another step toward healing.

She returned a smile to Valette, humoured as always by her chipper attitude, and delighted by the bonds she saw budding between her sister and her mate. Nanook smirked at Siarut when Valette mentioned the mishap at the border. All had been righted, of course, but she still couldn't help but give her mate a teasing grin and a bump of her shoulder.

Speaking of bumps -- a shy laugh surfaced from between Nanook's lips, and she smiled a smile that reached the depths of her eyes. "So I am pregnant, then." She had been both certain and not certain, but this confirmed everything, and she laughed with the sudden excitement that ran through her nerves. She wished to embrace her mate, tackle him down, laugh with him -- and that would come, later. Her eyes now traced her sister's contours which... didn't look much different than always. But she asked, because Valette always knew better in these things -- "And you are pregnant, too?"