Honeyed Pasture [M] bargaining chip

Aureli did not have to consider this for long. He doubted there would be many more pressing appointments at this time in the season. Besides — while he couldn't be a proper father to any pups that came of the union, he still liked to see them, and to learn their names. Hokulani would need to be told the names of his other children, so that she might prevent any inappropriate unions in the future.

But it could wait for another day, he thought.

"I will come," he agreed, his tail thumping the earth once, twice. "Will this be your first birth?"

He would come so long as no one else needed him more. For that reason, he wanted to know what sort of risk factors this pregnancy might pose to the seaside woman.