Dragoncrest Cliffs This is the only way to be II

I'm just gonna go ahead and say no posting order for this thread :)

The first to arrive was the boy who bore the looks of her dearly departed Maman, and her eyes welled with tears when the momentary pang of grief hit her. Erzulie would have loved to see more grandchildren; but she lived through them, already. She knew she would always see shadows of Erzulie in all of those she had loved, and who she had helped create. She decided, upon seeing her son, that she could give each of these children a middle name-

Chani Erzulie
Chiro Rosalyn. 

Etienne was smart to keep some distance, before he received an invitation. Not all mothers would welcome so easily all who approached- but she knew the compassionate young man had only love in his heart for his newest siblings so she gestured with a tilt of her chin that he could come closer, see them, and if he did, she would reach out to nuzzle him too. 

"Dey be perfect, dese two little girls,
de newest addition to our side of de world.
I am sorry I did not call you, when dey began to come-
but dey left me no time; but I 'ave a task for you yet, son.
Once de ot'ers 'ave come to see,
I was 'oping you might help me-
If you feel comfortable wid it, Etienne,
I'd ask you to carry one of dem up to de den."

She knew others would arrive to fawn over the pups in the wake of their water birth, and once she'd had a chance to rest, she would need to move the pups back up the cliffs, through the tunnel. She could carry one of them herself- but felt certain her son might help with carrying the other, at least a part of the way.