Arrow Lake strode through the gates, defiant in every stride

blodreina feels a bit of relief when ingram announces that he thought they could manage something like that — she takes it as private confirmation that she's not being too impossible as she'd first feared. it'd be simpler, she thinks, if she regularly used a den or had any kind of clue on how to be a mother. she's not often so insecure but as her due date ticks nearer every once in a while she has to swallow down the bubble of insecurity that rises and with it the ultimate question: what if i'm not good at it? chases around and around in her head. to say that motherhood was her dream would be a blatant lie. her dream had been to be the ultimate dragedan warrior ...but life wasn't ever predictable and she'd been honest with ingram when she'd told him she didn't regret him or their children growing within her womb.

she lets out a soft laugh at his comment about badgers as she follows after him, realizing that though she'd heard about them she doesn't think she'd ever seen one before. well, hey. every terrible creature has to have something they're extraordinary at to balance out all that aggression. she speaks with amused matter-of-fact. she tries to mask the heavier breaths she has to take every now and then, still not used to and kinda resenting the lack of mobility she has. it's a universal fact. spoken from experience despite the buoyancy her tone carries with it.