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Prompt: Glacial meltwater has created several vernal pools in the Teekons

glintwater's depths had swelled since spring. val tracked the lake's borders, eyeing the reeds immersed in crystalline water. elsewhere in sapphique, little communal pools had appeared.

some of them even bore dinner.

he moved past glintwater towards the den which housed mireille's children -- his children. val knew little of mireille's exploit before him, and being naive, or perhaps willingly obtuse, had never considered the fact they might not be his. sapphique did not encourage paternity at its most basal -- and while val would never exert his paternity over them, he felt a bond to them that could only be called filial loyalty.

he ducked his head under the massive roots, chuffing for any puppy that might wish to accompany him this sunny morning.