Redtail Rise an acrostic

her panic faded, gradually, at the news. 

still, she will remain vigilant for bears—her father's shade?—near her territory.

they don't need that.

she gives a weary shrug at Lilia's question. dunno, she replies laconically, glancing at her widening flanks. when i gehh' big, an' 'hhey pop ouhh'.

she didn't know much more than that. all she remembered was that she reached maximum capacity, laid down, endured pain, and then birthed her three current pups.

and oh, how fine they had grown!