Dragoncrest Cliffs Your heart full of foxes

"Because," she answered without missing a beat, "she thinks she's a bat. You and your brothers didn't do anything like this, so I don't know if there's a purpose behind it. It's probably just a little quirk."

Wildfire took a moment to smile indulgently at her newest daughter's peculiarity before looking up at Blixen again, just in time to see her face fall, shortly thereafter followed by an announcement. Although she'd literally never found herself in this situation, Wildfire followed the cry of her motherly instincts without hesitation.

Moving closer to Blixen to nudge her cheek, she asked, "What happened?" and then, in the very same breath, she added, "I'm sorry." It didn't even cross her mind that she'd had anything to do with it, though she felt deepest empathy for her crestfallen child. There was a measure of anger there too, a pot of water sitting on the turbo boil burner, but she kept it tightly lidded as she awaited details.