Northstar Vale In doctor's office lighting, I didn't tell you I was scared.

@Akavir maybe? :)

She'd gotten antsy that morning. Having risen to pee before dawn, then being too awake to return to sleep, Ibis paced through the blossom-lined grove where she'd last seen Reiko while the thinnest tendrils of dawn light crept overhead. Ibis settled for a few minutes on her haunches, but of course that did not last. She began to gather up bits of pink from the plateau and formed a pile—a nest, one might call it—and then plopped down there, lounging on her side while her gut protruded awkwardly out.