Verdigris Ravine I met a traveller from an antique land

@Hazelnut maybe?

S'ari was very pregnant now, and was set to give birth in little over a week. She could not believe how quickly her pregnancy had flown by, considering how much it had seemed to drag until now. Spring was truly on its way now and she was sure there were some places in the desert where little pale flowers bloomed, probably around the oasis. But it was beautiful here, too, new greenery climbing the canyon walls, shooting up around the pools.

She'd had her birthing den dug some time ago and now she lay just outside of it, too fat and lazy to make it very far away. She basked in the dying sun and watched the desert sky alight with a blaze of sunset colors, and sighed contentedly.