Broken Antler Fen Nothing lasts forever but this is getting good now

I'm gonna leave the thread open until Monday if anyone wants to post further replies, but would like to archive it soon. :)

They were each so different. Small, yes. A ginger-coated dusky blob, like Arielle, and a pale shape so much like Lilitu that it made Ibis' chest hurt. She could not help but compare them to their older siblings, to their potential fathers. While the boy looked like his mother, he also resembled Penn distinctly; meanwhile the ginger girl brought to mind the slight-bodied coywolf that Ibis had used as a distraction. Were they full siblings? And the smallest one — would she survive the night?

Eljay piped up with some pointers, carefully phrased and offered. Ibis stopped wondering but could not stop staring at them, cleaning their faces, sparing kisses between. She'll be alright, the mother cooed over the small one, determined to get her to feed soon. All in its own time, she thought. They'll be happy here, I just know it.

Still, she ached.