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Doe dismissed the babysister when she returned to the den with Chusi, sure that the other wolf was glad to be relieved of duty. Cute as her children were, it was awfully stressful to watch them fight all the time. She'd made some half-hearted attempts to bring peace between the larger two, but siblings always squabbled; this was natural, as far as she was concerned.

"The bigger girl is Julep, the boy is Isengrim, and the littlest one is Whiskey," Doe said, tail wagging as she introduced her children. She did not speak of the one that'd perished at Qilaq's paw, nor did she speak of Qilaq herself. It was folly to dwell on the past, and more than that, Doe did not want to speak of the ones they'd lost and remind her children that they'd had more, once. Why allow them to miss something that could never be returned to them?

But they were sleeping, now, and Doe let them be. "Did you come here all on your own, Chusi?" Doe asked, turning her attention back to the older girl. She did not know Arturo well, but he had seemed the protective type, from what little she had seen.