The Sentinels rise up singin'

the warmth of eilidh's love lit the features of the pale-furred cub, but the unintelligible words were not regarded. she heard her sisters gentle insistence that she join her in song again, though she hadn't the heart to do such a thing now that she was faced with her nerves. they were not so easily overcome, and the babe slid to her belly and allowed her paws to settle over her eyes. as ever, she thought that she could not be seen once this was done [as she could see no others], and hid away contentedly in this darkness where others would forget her altogether. such was the effect of her humiliation, and though she had shared in the joy her sister felt and the revelations that came with song deirdre kept to her silence.