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Meerkat adored Towhee and agreed with Sialuk to a point, though she hadn’t lived with her mother since the tender age of five months old. She did wish they lived closer so they could visit more often. Not only could their youngest children play together but Meerkat could spend more time with the woman who had given her life.

But Towhee was all the way in Mereo (or so her daughter thought) and Meerkat must focus closer to home. The way Sialuk spoke about the love shared between Meerkat and Njord made the sandy Gamma’s cheeks flush with pleasant heat. Especially after living without him for months, she would never take him, his love or his presence in her life for granted.

Aya, Meerkat said, deliberately repeating the term she’d heard Sialuk using. I love him with everything I have. Things are difficult right now, but having a partner—and good friends too—makes everything much more bearable. I’m very fortunate in many ways.

She nudged Sialuk’s pale cheek, looking forward to the day when her friend found her own lifelong partnership(s), then brought children into the world. The thought made Meerkat bring a foreleg to brush over her own belly, another reminder of the blessings in her life.