Moonspear sing a new song

Alya stared up at her mother, ears flat against her head and mouth hanging open in shock and dismay. How do I prevent this? was the first thing she thought, but her stomach was churrning to violently to ask. Instead, the girl let out an anxious whine and pushed forward to try and tuck herself under Amekaze's chest, between the legs that'd seemed so much longer when she'd been small. It was impossible, now, to hide herself beneath her mother, but Alya found a great comfort in trying.

"How do I make sure it won't happen to me?" she asked after swallowing down the frog that'd leapt up in her throat.