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@Zoug @Candle @Towhee @Koa @Hazelnut -- will leave open for another week in case anyone wants to reply, then I will close.

When she awoke some time later--minutes, hours?--she snuffled at her little sunlings to ensure their health, and then she released a weak howl, to let the others know that she and they were safe. She gazed down at her children and thought briefly of their father, such as he was. Probably, he would never know his children. She did not care. He had given her a gift and she was grateful to him, wherever he was. And the Tribe would grow with them.

She named them, then: Andanari; Chisa; Ki'ra. Three tiny daughters. She hoped Candle had birthed a son or two or the Tribe would be overrun with girls. She chuckled at the thought, giving each of her children a quick kiss on their tiny heads, then she put her own head back down and drowsed.