Moonspear telepath

“Mooooooommmmm,” Seal jeered in faux embarrassment. She nudged her mother with a paw as if to say I’m not a baby anymore! Then, a giggle. “Alright… but only if you let me keep this one.” She gestured to the skin Meerkat had brought. “It smells like you an’ Da….”

She leaned against Meerkat for a few moments and basked in the comforting feeling of having her mother at her side.

“I ken you an’ Da will find someone,” she interjected optimistically. “Maybe Chickadee an’ Kivaluk will want tae branch out. I heard they’re engaged.” It made Seal wonder what a wedding ceremony of the sunshine people looked like. Would it be as grand as the Pharoah Toula’s coronation?

But when her mother alluded to new, wee brothers and sisters Seal’s face beamed. “Oh, mom! Really?” she exclaimed, overjoyed. Seal clutched one of her mother’s paws in her own. The tenets of Seal’s life were solidifying and the most important, central pillar was family.

“I cannae wait!” her eyes glistened. There was curiosity, too. She knew Sialuk to be a midwife, and perhaps her path would take her that way too. “How many do you wish for?” Seal scooted closer and felt the strong presence of spirits around them.