Sawtooth Spire i want to hold you in my arms

Howl stepped to the side to allow Mahler to examine Star, and soon after the pups. He assured him that everything as alright. She was simply exhausted and likely asleep due to the pain. It was a great relief, and despite Mahler being a bit stringent on the ability for Howl to visit, at this moment Howl felt nothing but admiration towards the male. Mahler then dipped out of the den for a moment, likely to handle the bundle of herbs he had brought with him, Howl thought. 

Howl managed to wiggle his way beside Star, on her side not feeling the lively pups before them. He was able to hang his head over to, both to feel the rising and falling of a breathing belly but to smell and occasionally nuzzle the two lively newcomers of the world. Howl was no expert of newborn pups but the dark boy seemed... Large. Or perhaps the light-colored one was small? Regardless of their size Howl saw them as perfect and thanked whatever higher being was out there that they were alive and healthy.