Morningside Cuesta sandcastles

Dawn was conflicted. she wanted to believe Akuti, and that she would stay and things would be okay. but how could she, when overwhelming evidence suggested moms were generally doomed. her tail lashed and ears flicked in frustration and confusion, watching Akuti and not quite knowing what to believe. " There's a dad?  Who? Sylvas? Kieran?"  she asked, the thought that there must be a dad not even occur to her, not knowing the slightest about how a family was formed. 

Her Da arrived shortly after, and she whirled on him, saying incredulously, "Akuti's pregnant! Da, she's gonna die, or vanish, or get murdered." she said, stating the later with nervous finally. perhaps Da would be able to fix this.