Let the Moonshine

Marina couldn't help but fuss over her youngest brood. Born as bastard children... But she loved them all the same. Each one was special... But so was her older son. She worried for her poor little Chasm. There were things in him she recognized from her own younger years. That anxiety and worry... It tore at her heart to know he was suffering as she had... As she was. But that just made their talk all the more important tonight, now didn't it? When truths would be told under the light of the moon.

After giving a last look over each child in turn Marina looked to Bones gently. "We could be a little while... So thank you for doing this." Her smile was slightly forced however. How on Earth did you tell your yearling son that his half siblings weren't planned? That you'd been forced to get pregnant with them and didn't have the heart to get rid of them before they were born? It wasn't their fault after all.

Marina gave a soft sigh. There was still so much about her that her son didn't even know... That Yoshi, Kait, Nixie, and Ren never knew either.

She padded out of the den and tried to smile as she came to where her little one was waiting for her. Her heart pounded in her chest... Gods give her strength, she thought.

"Lady Celeste and her husband Nox are surely looking over us tonight." She said quietly, stopping only once she was next to Chasm. "It's been too long since we've had time alone huh?" She asked, missing the days when Chasm was as small as his siblings. She curled around him, no differently than she would have if he was hardly a season and laid down.

"Chasm... You've noticed your mama hasn't quite been herself, haven't you?" She had closed her eyes. "...and I'm sure you've learned how harsh the world can be. I'm... I'm sorry... I should have fought to keep you at my side. Protected you... I never wanted you to know what it was to worry or be afraid..." The femme opened her eyes partially and nuzzled his cheek. "How... How are you feeling?"