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"Not yet, but soon they will be able to do that too," Osprey replied. She had always found that the laughter of young children was the most adorable sound in the world, because it was honest and true to the heart. As the kids grew into young adults, their laugh changed to one that was more strained, artificiala. 

"Don't worry about me, dear," she shook her head in response to the girl's next question. "Dante is pretty good at providing me for now and I am not that weak not to be able to hunt for myself," though it was true that there could be more food. "How have you been faring?" she asked.