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Shikoba greeted Moonwoman at their mountain gates. She guided her to the ulaq, with tears streaming down her cheeks and scarring of her muzzle.

Massaraq came but stayed distant. Arrluk lifted from the grass outside of the den and quietly came to his mother's side, pressing the crown of his head to her shoulder. He had no words and neither did Aiolos. 

Sunman roused from the confines of their den to stand now just outside the opening. Firey eyes had come to simmer out, dulled, bloodshot and worn. He looks to his wife, his throat tightening and gut sinking.

With the coming of their first (and many) grand-pups, they had sacrificed a daughter.