Northstar Vale A new reason to smile.

Again, she wasn't wrong. But Reiko had to put her paw down eventually. Finding enough strength to stand back up, despite the wet streaks staining her cheeks and legs that were mere seconds away from collapsing again, she frowned at the toxic words uttered. Do you think I will raise children like that? She took offense to the accusation. Even if Takeshi was a horrible man, in the end, failing to be a proper father - she hoped that her own part in raising the young wound win them over in the end.

Ibis continued and Reiko returned to a more neutral state in order to listen. A woman at one point? That is what caught her attention more than anything. Come to think of it... Ibis had been hinting of such things earlier in the conversation and acting strangely in the past too. Oh Ibis... She started, unsure of what to say now.

She had thought of it being possible, and now more so than before that her friend might bring new life as well. I'm sure it was. A pause... This whole meeting came to a different turn, all she wanted was to sit and chat with Ibis, and now it had gotten all so heavy. If you were in heat... you may be as well. She thought that Ibis perhaps was according to the scent she left behind before leaving; but again, it was all assumptions.

Is the man you brought in one of them?