Moonspear Longstoryshort.

At Sialuk's summons, Kaujimaq came as well, and he also howled for @Tikaani, Nayati and Nicte, for good measure. He gave Treepie a grin as she came down to meet them, and Sialuk a grateful look—tinged with sorrow at the news he already knew, but still hurt to hear.

And before all could assemble, he quickly remarked - wordlessly, but in ptero, that -"they might not be all mine by blood"- to Towhee. 

Not that it mattered. Their fathers were gone. He was here.

-"But they are by heart,"- he added, fervently, and then moved to gather the lot of them together. Here's your great-grandmother, Towhee, he announced, making sure to enunciate clear enough that Towhee could read his lips. Say hello!

In the wake of wriggling bodies and delighted yips, Killdeer stood tall, overwhelmed by the love that surged through his veins and seized his soul.