Heron Lake Plateau Dude, you were hallucinating sheep on the road.

She wagged her tail at her sister's kiss, and nodded as Towhee mentioned she was going to go check up on the Blackthorn kids. -"If you need anything, I'm here,"- she signed, figuring that it would take the beta some time to sort out her feelings on this new development. As she watched Towhee disappear, she felt the pups move in her expansive belly and grinned -- it was still such a weird feeling! Lying back down and rolling onto her side, she closed her eyes and, after a while, drifted off to sleep.