Larksong Grotto Let me tell you about life

Jhala didn't comment at first, feeling Laurel would eventually give up, but the screech was startling. "God dammit, Laurel," she snarled lowly in response, wrapping her tail protectively around the kids. "You're gonna make 'em deaf before they can even properly hear," she said with irritation. 

"They can't play, they can't even walk-- or see. They're babies," she said with a sharp voice, though she was trying to explain it somewhat nicely.