Noctisardor Bypass these waterslides

not married. heda finally registered what had been brought and started to pull at it in tiny fitful pieces. 
the thought of anselm grew in her mind, expanding more and more until her appetite, burgeoning though it was, died again. druid offered glaukos' protection, but survival's clarion call told heda that the man could perhaps protect the young she might already carry, if he —
he took care of me during mine. 
"we lived here for a while, actually, just a short time. dinah and ava and the man john i told you about." she still didn't know john, still hadn't been able to muster the brainpower for a proper conversation. "we were going to leave because i — we weren't successful at hunting. not enough. and then ava — well. you know the rest."
anselm anselm anselm —
"i'm not afraid of being out alone. i —" her mouth worked and for a moment her vision blurred, and then heda looked up. "if i wanted to have children myself, would you ... would it be acceptable?"
druid's answer would determine quite a lot. heda returned to picking at the meal, starved and ravenous for it, but with stomach pinched so tight by anxiety she could hardly taste the bits she did eat.