Verdigris Ravine Some people hope, some people pay

Between their two litters raised in separate dens, Candle found it difficult to steal moments with @Sari. Someone would have to watch the children, after all.

But somehow, some way, she'd found a moment of peace with her fellow Mediator. Candle settled in beside her with a meal she'd brought to share. She tore one half away and offered it to S'ari, eyes warm. There was an unspoken kinship in their shared motherhood, one she felt now; their children would grow together, and their bond ran ever deeper with the passing seasons.

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S'ari took the other half of the meal silently, returning Candle's smile. They ate together in silence for a time. She kept wanting to speak, but then remembered that Candle often had trouble speaking aloud, so she slipped into Clan instead, broken though her signs were. But this would be a good way to practice.

-How you? How babies?- Then she gave Candle an apologetic look for her awkward signing, but she grinned all the while. S'ari wasn't one to get embarrassed easily.