Moonspear [m] better off (with you)

She swallowed convulsively, tucking the scream back down inside herself. Her paw fell away only when she trusted that it wouldn’t burst out of her. Pie was afraid that if she started, she would never be able to stop. She took several shaky breaths.

I, she tried to say into the dismal silence that had fallen between them, even though their bodies were tucked close.

For a little while, she couldn’t choke out another word. Pie focused on steadying her breathing, her yellow eyes staring straight ahead as snow kept falling. The wilderness was even more beautiful now than before. The fresh powder wiped away their footprints, as well as the impressions their attempts at lovemaking had left behind.

I—I’ll ask a healer to examine me, just to be sure I really… Treepie finally croaked out, realizing she should have done that long ago. I was so afraid this would happen, she continued in a small, teary voice, head ever so slowly tilting to look up into Kindle’s face. I know this changes things…

It didn’t just change things, it changed everything.