Whitebark Stream We remembered you, and were waiting.

When he spotted movement of a dark figure between the trees, Artyom quickened his stride to meet him. "Kavik," he called out, and offered a cheerful sweep of his ivory tail as he approached.

"How are you?" Artyom asked, "and Grezig?" They'd proven to be quite a private pair, which was not necessarily a bad thing, but he hoped for them to better integrate themselves as the pregnancy progressed. It'd been Dawn's vision, after all, to build a family around them - one of their own blood and of their choosing.