Sunbeam Lair but i feel so small

indra felt a vague, nagging sense of foreboding about the coming season -- but laurel's newfound confidence helped ease her fretting. indra resolved herself to try to emulate laurel's natural-born sense of self-reliance -- if she could just be that determined, that steeled in her own convictions, then what occurred last season would surely not transpire again... and she would not have to face her future litter like she had done to merrick and nunataq, and inflict upon them their first (and perhaps cruelest) betrayal.

she quickly wormed that ugly thought down deep, swallowing it like one might swallow a wretched key. think no more of it, she cautioned herself, bringing her head to butt gently along laurel's neck. "i feel better," she affirmed, drawing in a deep sigh. "maybe we can get something to eat."