Blacktail Deer Plateau riboflavin-flavored, non-carbonated, polyunsaturated blood

Lasher reassured her that she wasn't strange, though he seemed more than a little curious about what ideals had prompted her concern in the first place. She chewed on his question a minute before answering thoughtfully.

"No, I guess not. It's just that any time anyone talks to me about relationships—romantic ones, I mean—wanting pups is sort of implied as a... foregone conclusion? Did I use that term right?"