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She knew that well, though not in the context of romantic love. Hadn't her family fractured so soon in her life? When she wasn't looking for one, she was mourning another. Her hope for a happy, whole family had slipped through her paws.

A family made up of blood, that was.

Lilitu smiled and pressed her nose against Teya's cheek, briefly closing her eyes. I'm glad you're still here, she murmured. I don't miss Mama so much when you're around.

Teya had truly become a kind of surrogate mother, and had Lilitu known the depths of the woman's feelings for Ibis, she would have approved wholeheartedly.