Moonspear the dragon's back rent asunder

"Good," said Charon, thinking to himself, They'd better contribute. He wasn't worried, exactly, for he knew this was simply another setback before greatness would be brought to him, surely, as it had each and every time before. Surely he and Amekaze would produce a litter that would be unmatched in its greatness because they had withstood this. There could be no light without darkness; that was one thing Charon had certainly learned in his lifetime. It's always darkest before the dawn.

Her answer regarding her heat was ambiguous and didn't really give him much of a pointer — either she was lying because she didn't want to bear pups in this environment or she herself didn't know the answer. Charon guessed the latter, simply because Amekaze didn't seem the type to lie about such things.

She then asked if he was anticipating of it and Charon reached out to nip the tip of Amekaze's ear in silent response before empowering with words: "It feels like it's time, yes, despite the circumstances." Yet apparently Amekaze's body thought otherwise, which wasn't too surprising, considering the circumstances. "Does your family care about naming conventions?" Charon knew very little about his own family, except that his uncle was a grump with a good heart (somewhere in there); but he didn't really know what sort of names they cared for. In his case, Charon realised it was totally up to him. But he knew some families cared about naming rituals and so he decided to question Amekaze for hers.