Stone Circle Smiles await you when you rise

Another opportunity came up, and Skáld hesitated, before he very shyly nodded. He scooted very close to Gunnar and lay down just the way Gunnar had been laying. He nodded again, making sure he was comfortable, creating just enough space between his forelegs so that the child could be cradled there, though he hoped Gunnar would do the lifting himself.

The children would grow in a matter of weeks then, it seemed. Sweet moments like this, where they were tiny and helpless, would not last long. He felt relieved to know he had done the right thing. 

The gem-

”Quartz!”