Morningside Cuesta Got Me Thinking Like Crazy

Heartha could see that he must have been rather stressed. She remained silent after his apology, not sure how to respond to it. She had surprised him, but she had just been confused about what was to happen. He had been her first choice in who to ask.

She too looked around when Day spoke of the area they were at currently. "That..is true, I suppose." The winter would not be kind to their young in a place with less shelter. And speaking of young, a thought arised as she sensed this conversation was coming to end. She wanted to know while she had a chance.

"Those pups of yours. I...I had some like them. And, I had to wonder, and have been wondering ever since..." She paused there. She had already asked the question when she first saw him near that river, and the response wasn't what she expected. She knew that this would be considered prying by many. So she quickly shifted her question. "How old are they?"