adults talking

Whittier attached himself to his mother's leg and began to suckle, unconcerned with the fact that his efforts were in vain. Bazi scooted him to her belly, lining him up with a nipple. If he did not shed his baby weight in adulthood, she would blame his gluttony for it - even though Bazi frequently enabled her son's excessive eating by offering the boob. It let her knew where he was, even when she closed her eyes.

"Well," she began, "Once upon a time.." ..and started to giggle. Soon, however, she was telling Danica the tale of how Nova Peak came to be, and her own fraught road into motherhood.

Last one from me!