Ouroboros Spine pick me up

Mom arrived and, while she examined her slightly pancaked kid, the instigator of this whole ordeal kept growling and staring at Sialuk in unbridled anger. The only (couple of) thing(s) that did not let her lash out was Kukutux's presence and the fact that her sides still hurt very much and her mouth and throat felt raw too. The third reason - there was a high possibility that her older sibling could do this process again. 

So, there she lied, feeling entitled for the role of the hurt princess, whom the whole world has done wrong. And in this moment she learned another valuable lesson - despite the pain it really paid off to appear hurt. You were lavished with attention and care, which she did not mind, even if she did not appear very grateful either.