Duskfire Glacier To the edge of the universe and back.

A whole 24 hours had passed since the first of Duskfire's cubs came kicking and screaming into the world. Together they nursed and slept, for not much else could be done at such a delicate age.

Wayfarer lay close to @Veteran, warm and content at their mother's flank. Having shared a womb with him, he radiated comfort and safety in the midst of this new, vulnerable place they'd been forced into. She crooned softly and resisted sleep by pressing her little nose to his velvety ear, and parted her jaws to taste.