Hushed Willows who even *is* galileo?

Lily half-grimaced, not knowing how quite to react to complete refusal. Come on, she chided gently, there has to be something on your mind. Anything. What have you been up to lately? She genuinely didn't know how the children occupied their time. Seabreeze and Olive's pups seemed normal enough, except for Ibis and her skull, but this litter. . .

What did they do? Perhaps more importantly, what was missing from their life, besides the obvious?