Moonspear blinking in the starlight

"Any day now, really.." she answered, peering down at the pale puppy knowing something related could be cause for this discomfort, but this was not yet something she would worry too deeply about. "For you and your sisters, you all had your eyes staying open by.. about half a moon turn," she detailed thoughtfully, hmm-ing softly as she did. She had always measured them all by the moon and not only because a full moon birthdate made it easy enough to keep track of. It was her best sense of time's progression--even where her own self (cycles of life included) was concerned. Her descendants would always be further proof of that.

Of course, with Lyra's litter being her first, they had set the standard for what she knew. It had not been that long ago that she had been raising them, so at least the memories were all very fresh still, and all of it was going to work here upon Vela's lot--although she still knew to expect outliers, as reminded by Ran and the smallish boy as well. And naturally, Vela still seemed irritated and not soothed by these methods yet. Ame felt her own face scrunch, frustrated. "It could be part of her issue. Eyes can be a delicate matter, and not one you want to force anything with.." she murmured to the older daughter as she tried to rearrange the young one again with a few soft prods of her snout, hoping to distract her from pestering her face any more right this instant.

lol sorry i am bad and slow!