Seaside Moors the paint could peel, the glass could shatter

I will.  Children require constant care when they are young; having two makes it easier.  She answered, pausing for a light stretch as he spoke the next.  She shot him a look, one with more than a little amusement, though she tempered it quickly as she saw the eagerness of it.  Sometimes she'd forget how young he was, and then he would say something like this.

No.  But she will need food, and they'll need protection.  They'd not share their den with Aningan, but when the pups were older, she no longer cared what his role was to them.  If he wished to claim the place of father, she'd say nothing to argue.