Ouroboros Spine this is for the good ol' boys

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the young moonthorn had stayed for two weeks in brecheliant, during which time she'd at last accepted a truth her body already knew.
but on the journey back, stepping more carefully than she ever had before, chickadee had decided to guard her secret another week.
the sickness continues but she hid it from kivaluk as best she could, not wanting him to worry. 
they had settled into a routine, but today she stood with resoluteness and went to find him along the needle-choked path.
for a minute, chickadee could only gaze at kivaluk, unable to speak as she wildly hoped their children would look like him and not the father he detested.
"we're, uh, well, my mom says," and her eyes filled with happy tears, "we're going to have pups."
in the weeks to come, her body would start to bloom into a soft curve.