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She punched and kicked at her invisible foe, to no avail. Meerkat couldn't keep her eyelids from sagging, then shutting, her tiny chin sinking toward her chest as she succumbed to sleep. She fidgeted a moment longer, then went boneless, her warm breath tickling Towhee's nose when the Regent gently nuzzled the slumbering infant.

Not that she would recall it, though this was the first time Meerkat's dreams took on a visual aspect: mostly just blurs of color, light and shadow. There were eyes looking back at her, a warm bronze hue, brimming with love. She smiled in her sleep.