Hushed Willows how came her eyes so bright? not with salt tears:

His gaze kept sweeping over her as if something were different and it took him a while to realise the beginning of the rounding at her abdomen. His eyes widened and he opened his mouth to ask if she was pregnant, he had seen enough of it here in Elysium and with Aliac to think he could recognise it but for some reason it was hard to imagine Dawn, his hard working, responsible sister pregnant. A part of him became excited at the prospect of her being pregnant, him being an uncle while she became an aunt. He held it in, distracted by Minnow tumbling forward to meet her aunt, Valiant following with an immediate affection that made him grin eyes swimming with pride. Then he noticed little Aeryn shyly greeting Dawn and he lowered his nose, nuzzling his son reassuringly "This is my sister, your Aunt. She's one of my favorite people" he said soothingly. He wished Aliac were here to say hi too but she needed rest and he had a feeling that Dawn was here for a reason, the reason being something he know had an idea of. "So...did you just come to say hello?" he asked with a smile his tail swaying "Not that I'm complaining. I've missed you" he added in a warm tone.