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The trip from birthing den to rendezvous had not been a particularly long one, but it certainly felt that it was to a girl with such little legs. Kikimora had trailed after the others at the rear of the group, pushing herself to keep up and trying her very best not to be distracted by all the interesting things along the way.

She did not grow as quickly as her siblings, having maintained a scrawny physique. The differences between them were not noticed by the speckled youngster who did not see herself as "runt", but her exhaustion showed as she settled down to rest in the shadows of the Den Mothers to watch the others explore.