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

the palest of them leaps forward to greet her, and for a moment her heart grows tight with love. "hello, valiant," she murmurs, planting a kiss on the child's forehead and grinning rather stupidly. he's adoring yet a touch confused, and she watches him play with her forepaw joyfully. the other child - Aeryn - doesn't quite approach but offers a small greeting, to which she responds with a wag of her tail and a "hi" in turn. 

her attention turns to her brother now, and she replies, "more or less. I wanted to let you know - I live at Swiftcurrent, now. and I found Aditya." let him make his own conclusions about the father of her pups. she wasn't proud of it, but nor would she try and hide the obvious answer.