Blacktail Deer Plateau i would beg to disagree, but begging disagrees with me

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She couldn't fault Sakhmet for being flummoxed. Faced with the same onslaught of information, she'd have probably reacted the same. But the words that came next were noble, brave, and pride in her daughter rippled through her, suffused every inch of her, body and soul.

Goodness, she had grown! 

I hope it won't come to that, Maegi replied, a soft but sad smile curving her muzzle. We will tell him, eventually—and maybe he'll be so happy to have his children that he will forgive us, and let it go.

But he will take them. All of them. And how would that be different from her ripping Parvati's children away?

Phox was likely lingering near the outskirts of the territory, having agreed to follow them but not having yet welcomed himself into the fold here. The time would come to pass, and they would live with it. She didn't want it to spoil her reunion with Sakhmet.