Ankyra Sound bells bleed and bloom

Junior would've been happy to keep talking trades, yet she forgot all about them when Tveir answered her question about life in the bay, mentioning Ragnar's new wife. At first, she misunderstood, thinking that her foster parents had split like her own birth parents. But then Tveir continued, explaining that Ragnar had two wives. Ah, she thought simply. That wasn't unlike her father. In Osprey Jr.'s world, monogamy was actually the exception.

"I don't know Julooke or Ver... oh, wait, I guess I remember them," the Redleaf-DiSarinno answered. She didn't know enough about pregnancy to query about the attack's effect on it, though she asked, "She's gonna be okay?" She paused, wondering what to say on the subject of Thistle and Nerian, and decided to share, "My dad has two mates too. One's a boy and one's a girl." She shrugged. "And an old mate too. He and my mom broke up after I was born. Not 'cause of his new mates, though. I think they broke up 'cause they don't really like each other." Why they'd had pups together, Junior didn't know.