Dragoncrest Cliffs for me this and love for the sun

She nodded her understanding. Meerkat remembered how demanding newborns could be, after helping her mother rear her younger siblings. Two seemed a bit more manageable than four. She found herself hoping for a smaller litter of her own, though of course no one had any control over that save for nature itself.

You’re welcome, she said, adding, I can do that. Meerkat appreciated the blessing inherent in Erzulie’s comment. If you have any other advice for a new mother, I’m all ears.

She’d assisted Towhee last year. And Njord and the rest of the pack would support her as they did their leader. But only Meerkat herself could carry, labor, deliver and nurse the pups, and she knew Erzulie possessed a wealth of experience and wisdom in these regards.