Nimbus Summit wild buffalo are dancing on cliff tops in the skies

for any pups who want to join and @Issorartuyok if you want <3 cameos welcome too. this can be a short thread if yall prefer since they're potatoes! just wanted to post something up for reference on how antha is interacting with the kids in these early days

when antha and the children were strong enough to make the move, they were ushered to the summit to take up residence in their intended den in the arlathan. she was weak in the days following the birth of her children; more than weak, if she was truly honest. she had almost died, tessa had told her through tears. the experience had taken its toll on her.
she had expected to feel many things in the wake of this event, but her expectations had crumbled to dust after those first terrifying, exhilarating moments of motherhood. her aching infatuation with her daughters, her nauseating repulsion for her son - both had faded as quickly as they manifested, and she was left with a hollow shadow of the love she'd expected to feel.
she did love them, as fiercely as she'd ever loved anything - but she was tired, too. she was tired deep in her bones, and while the children lacked for nothing, antha was taxed far beyond her abilities.
she cared for them in a haze; lively squirming @Lilia Sakari and gentle sweetling @Qeorvik, sickly silent @Noatak and indignant shrieking @Raelle. often she thought that there were simply too many of them - but whenever she felt overwhelmed, issorartuyok or @Tessa would appear, and the feeling would fade. between the three of them, the children were never left wanting for long. this time would pass, the witch knew, and soon she would be able to rest. soon, but not yet.
evening was beginning to fall, and like clockwork raelle began to fuss and squirm. she was a relentlessly colicky child, impossible to soothe once she'd worked herself into a fit. antha set to licking her stomach, hoping to ease any discomfort she might feel, but the girl only kicked out at her siblings in response. antha bit back a sigh and prepared herself to soothe multiple children - a task she was quickly becoming adept at under the present circumstances.