Moonspear sing a new song

The dark youth promptly picked it apart, zeroing in on the sticky terms that didn't really apply elsewhere, and so there was no way she'd have a foundation of this at all. She'd have to be more literal, and somehow, even more straightforward about it. "It is confusing things. It deals with creating new life, so it cannot be simple," she defended with a smirk. It was not her intention to be frustrating. "Bred is.. when a female and male mate with plans for puppies," not that it cleared much up. "To mate, as an act, is.. " Trying not to wince outwardly, and wishing this could be put lightly: "Sex. Which even if I explain that in any greater detail, I doubt you will feel any less confused by it right now." Perhaps only outright disgusted, but the bait was there: I will, but you won't like it. "Briefly, it makes two creatures one." This relied on some pre-existing knowledge of what made them different.. which was a little hard to come by in Alya's female-dominated upbringing, Amekaze knew. But.. probably she'd seen how her father peed differently than they did? She braced for impact for more questions about this.

"When that is done when a female is in heat--or in season, they mean the same thing in that a female's body is ready to carry puppies if her conditions allow--a litter can be created." Ame's ears were angled back, but expression furrowed as she worked through this explanation and watched her daughter at the same time, hoping to see this sinking in somewhat better than the first time. "So after she carries them in her body for about two moons.. they are born, and officially start their lives with that. For wolves, it takes about two moons for the puppies grow enough to be strong enough to live beyond their mother." This would all still likely go over her head. She didn't know when she had first learned this from her mother, but it may not have even been so soon. "And trust me, this makes more sense when you see it play out in life." Not only meaning the likelihood of her living long enough to breed back to her mate, but everywhere else young mammals were born and happened in life too.