Stone Circle things

Nikai thought that Valette would be fine at being a mother. She'd practically raised him and Keoni, after all, when their mother had died. "You'll do fine," he agreed with Ezekiel with a confident smile. Her doubts were nothing but silly insecurities, and once the pups were here surely she'd be just fine. Ezekiel then asked him about being a big brother, and Nikai felt kind of guilty he'd considered leaving Easthollow at all. Maybe not now. Later, then. "It's exciting," he admitted. "I'm looking forward to meeting my little sibs!"

He then wondered after a short pause, in which he considered whether he wanted to share this with Ezekiel too or if he should keep it to Valette's ears only: "How do pups work? I mean — how do you get them, and stuff? Do you just decide to? Can guys have pups too?" Somehow it felt a little awkward talking about these things. Nikai wasn't easily embarrassed or ashamed about anything but even he felt a bit weird asking about this.