Northstar Vale not with a bang, but with a whimper

this was a silent batch of children, he had come to learn. he wondered if perhaps they had somehow inherited it in a way. did one born with deafness know to make sounds? perhaps roman was deaf.

or perhaps they only sought to give tired, mourning parents a break with their arrival.

he ceased his nosing for a moment. then rumbled back low and warm. he wondered if he might coax roman to make the sound some more.