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"Glad I'm not female!" he exclaimed. Bazi shot him a dismayed look, shrugged lightly when he apologized, but said nothing more on the subject. She could have said something about the honour of bearing the future of the pack, but it wouldn't have been sincere - she looked forward to raising her children (this she was almost practiced at by now), but not their transition from womb to world. 

"No, actually, that sounds like a perfect story." And if he had more where that came from, perhaps Arion could pull his weight as story-teller for the duration of his stay, however long that might be. Bazi settled back down on her side with a soft grunt and looked expectantly up at her source of entertainment for the afternoon.  "If that's all you took away from a fight with a bear, you're lucky."