Wheeling Gull Isle if I tell you why I must stay,

A hint of a smile cracked at her lips. Hua was tired, and understandably so. She certainly looked it. Tending to a brood of four must be an exhausting job. Tipping her head slightly, she hummed. "A first-time mother then, are you?" She guessed. It was very possible, since she and Hua were not that far apart in age. 

"I've...been around children before, but never newborns. I haven't any to speak of." That, in due time, would change. If only Tzila knew of the life budding inside her, then she would have shared the glorious news here and now. "But I know all too well the joy they can bring to one's life." Her moon colored eyes drifted skywards as she recited a memory. "I surprised myself once, when a bear had invaded one of my previous packs." Her eyes drifted back to the proud mother. "I was shocked by the ferocity of protectiveness that welled up in me that day..."