Lion Head Mesa Eien ni Tomodachi

With her husband departed, something heavy drifted off with him. Satsu felt free enough to breathe a sigh and slowly, as the exhaustion sapped her further, she relaxed beneath the attention of two women. One she knew - one she did not.

The new woman was kind; Satsu peered sleepily to the meat and gave a crooked smile, a nod, but did not take it. She could not think of eating, and only wished to watch her new children for as long as she could focus.

Thank you, she whispered as she looked to Qiao, her eyes struggling to stay open. She then turned her full attention away from both attendants, and would hold those daughters close, or kiss her son, or try her hardest to study those three perfect faces, until such point she couldn't any longer.