Blackfeather Woods [m]ama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true

possible cameo? Idk

The cries drew her forth - shadow amongst shadows, Wound-binder with medicines clutched in her jaws. 

She was not alone in her endeavors, the newer girl (as she herself was still rather recently inducted into the ranks) was here with a similar purpose. Istoira could hear her soothing words as she drew near and her heart lurched - the rust of blood and the stench of feces, of sickness, the sobs of her Nona could only mean a false pregnancy. 

She'd midwifed before, seen twisted and malformed creatures slither from the womb but a false pregnancy she had seen but once - the woman had perished before her 'delivery'. She'd not experienced the horrorific effects of such a birth with her own eyes and even now, she wasn't sure she wanted to. 

It was loyalty that drew her to sit by the side of the den as a silent watcher in Mou's place - ears twitching back to catch the hiss he sent in the Toma's direction. 

Leave them be, she wanted to snap herself, this is a scene meant for their grief alone. 

Istoira even felt like an intruder, yet she settled unobtrusively nearby - in case Maegi needed medical assistance.