Hushed Willows who even *is* galileo?

Looking for @Brilliance or @Mali (or both!)

She had been in a funk since her quarrel with Mali at the borders. It was beginning to affect her other duties, and her health, too. She was sleeping poorly, and when she did slip into dreams, they were horrid. She barely had any appetite at all. Patrolling didn't seem all that exciting, anymore.

Lily knew it wasn't Mali. It was everything. There was a certain feeling in the air, something she couldn't name. It was coming. She was growing closer and closer to Khali with every passing day, and soon, motherhood was a topic she would not be able to avoid.

Of course, she could choose to not have pups. But she wanted them, truly. She just didn't know if she was ready. She wanted to be ready, to be a good mother, like her own had been. And Mali had shaken any faith she had in that notion.

It wasn't their fault. Today, she sought one or both of them out, hoping to talk. She didn't want to make the mistake of ignoring them again. Everyone else had shut them out, whether by choice or by circumstance. Their entire lives had been marked with upheaval. They needed a friend, someone they could trust. Someone they knew wouldn't disappear.

They needed a mother. And Lily needed desperately to mother. A trial run, if you will.