Noctisardor Bypass Is is and isn't isn't

Technically AW! Arbiter's responses to people showing up depends almost entirely on how she feels about the char in question. :P

She'd knew the time was coming, and honestly she'd probably just barely finished the den in time. It wasn't the most roomy thing, but not being fond of being trapped underground anyway, being forced to move out as soon as possible wasn't bad. Adventures done, she had kept around her chosen den since her trip the borders.

Though the year had been rough, some parts were easier than others. She now didn't rely on instinct, but also experience. But that didn't mean that the whole process wasn't painful or uncomfortable. The first twinge earned a raised lip. A final glare, check around the outside of her den before she retreated inside, scraping at the earth with a restlessness not soon to fade.

As she (sort of) settled and contractions increased, she thought of her older children. Maybe she should have told @Brouhaha and Spook, but hm. Nah. Pain continued, brain go turn off. Okay. maybe it wasn't entirely experience here. One pup, two, three. Each born, cleaned, and then tucked along her belly. There were no problems, or at least nothing that was particularly odd. Perhaps some other time she'd get unlucky, but not this time. Three was apparently her number. 

She didn't call for @Kaertok, not for any particular reason beyond she didn't want to be seen at her weakest. If he had been paying any attention, he'd have known the pups were due, and she wasn't nearly as attached to him as she had been Terance. He'd find out when he found out. So she curled around the trio, watching them in silence for a moment. Names. She wasn't keen on totally reusing things yet, so something new and creative for the little parasites... Now there was an idea. Maybe not parasites exactly, but at this stage they were certainly particularly wormlike... So the white girl was obvious. @Grub, the darkest @Beetle, and the tawny pup @Slug then? Sounded good.