Stavanger Bay (fall in, fall out, fall along)

Oh. Perhaps it hadn't been a good idea to just come out with the truth like this. Doe had never meant to mislead her into thinking that she'd been born of her, but it wasn't a topic that often came to the shewolf's mind, and even when it was, Doe hardly thought that it needed to be spoken.

All this time, she'd still assumed Qilaq would remember the day of her 'rescue' at Doe's jaws. That she did not was a bit of a blow to the dusky beta; it was one of her better moments, she thought.

Regardless, what hurt most was the stricken look in her daughter's eyes, and then the dead way she responded to her gentle offer. When she tried to brush this off and simply go to sleep, Doe almost let her. Almost.

"Oh, lamb," said Doe, shifting her body to allow Qilaq to burrow, but setting upon the girl to give her a firm grooming. "I've hurt your feelings - I'm sorry," she said between licks, nuzzling the girl when she pauses to speak. "Will you tell me what's wrong, or what I can do to make it better?"