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to know her mom could see kivaluk's care for her made chickadee blissfully happy, and she hugged maia back hard when she was embraced, closing her eyes. "come anytime, mama, and i really mean to be down here as much as i can. especially if we start a family, you know?"
"i want you to know them, all of you; i want you to tell them stories and daddy to teach them medicine. and i hope they all have blackthorn stripes," she said, suddenly sniffling with the force of her emotion and the sheer joy she felt at her mother's acceptance.