Sun Mote Copse I crave star damage

Birdsong roused Wildfire just before dawn. Although her sleep had been disturbed, she smiled at this sure sign of spring and enjoyed the music for a moment. Then her full bladder forced her to stand, shake and step carefully over @Eljay and outside to relieve herself. She felt a slight twinge when she crouched and relaxed her pelvic muscles, then had to breathe through a particularly rambunctious bout of bouncing inside her womb. The puppies felt lower and Wildfire knew the time would come soon to deliver them.

But it didn't feel so imminent that she felt she shouldn't take a slow meander around the copse. She didn't stray too far, headed toward the riverbank. As she walked, the initially partially sunny morning dimmed. By the time she reached the water's edge, the birds had fallen silent and thunder rumbled in the distance. Wildfire cocked her head to listen to it, then bent forward to take a long drink. Just as soon as she finished, she had to squat again to urinate, the tinkling sound soon joined by a quiet, misty rainfall.