Northstar Vale A new reason to smile.

For Ibis' sake now, Reiko gathered as much strength as she could. It was her turn now to reassure her friend, how well she would succeed would soon come to light but she couldn't be certain of her own ability to ease the Queen's worry. That's good. The words were barely audible, more so a note for herself than anything.

Asbolutely not. Both their situations, even if they seemed similar, were very different. It's quite normal and I'm happy you explored it all. It was, and even if she had her own reservations of her own first experience of the season, she knew the truth of it all. You had fun the whole time? No man forced themselves upon you I hope? Her brows arched in worry, hoping to hear that all went well.

But there was that ever-looming possibility. Every man, every new experience, they all came at a possible cost during that time of the year. What do you want if you're pregnant? She tried to pick her words carefully, it was possible Ibis had not accepted her fate as Reiko had already - no matter how it might have happened, she was readying to be a mother already.