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The doting nose of her father was the first to respond to her cries. She could feel his stress as well, but the fact he was there filled her with comfort at least. As a piller in her life by now, knowing he was here already calmed Katla down. She leaned into him just as he moved away to check her brother, and she jerked to catch herself. Her mother came soon to scoop her up and groom her face. 

Now that the initial surprise was over it seemed like the new shift in mood was not a bad one. She could hear Swiftlet and Figment nearby, sounding happy as her mother. Directed to be looking right up at Tauris, the gentle licks causing flashes of light and dark over her closed eyes... until one of her eyelids happened to crack open from the movement. 

An explosion of things sent Katla reeling and she recoiled from her mother with a tiny yelp, her eyes shutting tightly once again. That was crazy!! Wasnt it...? Should she do it again...? Could she do it again?

Hesitantly, Katla lifted the eyelid again...