Bearclaw Valley My ma gave birth

can fade after another round? or here is good!

"of course, bishop," merrick said at once. "there was never any question of you belonging." tonguetip bathed his own lips; he moved to raucously welcome their newest back with a butt of his hard head and a nudge to vesta. "once you come to ursus, you leave yourself behind."
no one left these sainted stoneways without the bear exacting a price.
a lash of his tail, and then merrick was grinning, leading them both back along the borders and into the sanctum of their blood-christened home.