Blacktail Deer Plateau blastocyte cells

Catori watched his face with eyes nearly as hungry as she felt. She needed to know what he felt - she needed his genuine, honest opinion regardless if it was a good one or a bad one. She had to know the truth of how everyone felt about her, about the babies. His blurted words brought a soft whine from her lips, frowning at the way his worries weren't for the selfish reasons - more puppies meant more of Grayday's attention would be elsewhere, more resources taken, more work to be done - but instead, a worry for the family and how it might be broken apart. "Hey....hey now," Catori left the rest of the meal on the ground and stepped closer to nuzzle against Sunny's skull for a moment. "I'm not going anywhere." She said seriously. 

"We've talked about what happened - Grayday thinks its a curse, after what happened with your mom, and Khoe, and then Heartha....but..." She sighed gently, still leaning against him both for her own comfort and for his. "I won't be going anywhere. Not me, or my babies, no matter what, you're my family and I would never walk out on family." For Catori, above all else, family meant everything to her. It was the most important thing.