Stone Circle who am I to say

Taktuq listened with ears tipped forward and gaze gently set on Gunnar’s face. He described a glimpse into a longer life than she had ever yet lived, and she wondered if many years from now, she might sit in similar shoes, hearing the same words she had spoken given then for her to answer. She wondered what she might say.

Would she say she reared children with a father who knew them? Would she say she used a man for the convenience of conception, without her children ever knowing who?

Well… I hunted with Ethan the other day, she said, and her ears slicked again, a little sheepish, and I saw that she is pregnant. And I feel… I don’t know. Jealous? it felt silly to say it out loud. Taktuq glanced away. It’s silly, I know. And impractical. And I have never wanted this before.

So what changed that made her want it now?