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She did not recall this kind of pain in the hunt mother, but Redd knew that there was much she had no knowledge of.  She huffed a small breath of reassurance, then settled beside her to keep watch until the pain had hopefully passed.  She was not Haelend but could at least provide company and security.

Shouldn’t be here,  she replied, her tone more a statement than a rebuke.  She could not tell Masquerade how to behave now that she was not of the Rise, but perhaps her thoughts would at least be heeded.  Their future deserved to be preserved and protected, held dear in the safety of their claim.  As the time drew nearer this would become more important.

She did not take the rabbit, disapproving even of this.  Her strength should be for her own future, not theirs.