Sunspire Mountains Barbastella [m]

...and so the bear gave birth to the fox. It was not so apparent yet; his fur, darkened by the fluid he had been surrounded by and his mother's tongue, was sleeked to his body and had not yet revealed his colors. What was apparent was that he was strikingly smaller than those who came before him and the one who came after, as one would expect of a fox among wolves (or bears). He was the classic runt among those who lived, and were it not for the male adornment between his legs, he'd fit the profile of a female.

He squeaked softly as he breathed his first breaths, but soon was quieted as he found his place at his mother's belly. He was pressed against one of his brothers as he suckled, finding warmth and contentment.