The Sentinels glitter and shine

For the first few weeks Sarah's main fight of survival consisted of making her presence and discontent known with crying loudly or crawling over and pushing her siblings away from the teats that had the most milk. She had got pretty good at orienteering in the dark and soundless world - finding the source of warmth had been the main aim...

...until today, when things changed. She had been aware of the fact that more sounds entered her little universe, but when all of a sudden her eyes opened, flooding the darkness with dim light, shapes of various sizes and moving shadows, she was stunned. And her surprise grew even bigger, when her eyes met another pair, which coincidentally belonged to the fluffy, warm bundle she had got used to having around. 

"Ow," she squeaked at the puppy next to her.