Moonspear these are the lessons in love

As usual, Hydra did not waste time or mince words once her progeny was assembled; Vega jostled amiably against the shoulders of Atlas and Antares on either side of her as their mother expressed her pleasure at their attention with a few loving nips. She then began to explain the differences between the two animals, and Vega quickly came to the conclusion that they were inferior animals. Presently, they were larger than she -- though the fox, not by much -- but she knew that someday, she would grow, and like her mother she would look down her nose at them with distaste.

She nodded, expressing her understanding of Hydra's teachings. She wanted to move forward, to press her nose against the beasts' fur and sink her teeth into the still-warm flesh, but she hesitated -- she would wait until she was given the go-ahead by the mountain's queen.