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Luce had been expecting Belle to agree, but the verbal promise still settled some of the last vestiges of her worries. With careful monitoring and attention, Luce would ensure a healthy mother and prosperous litter. Only the best for the next little Kleins.

She chucked at Deathbelle's comment. "Is it so wrong to wish for a single week - nay, a single day of being the most beautiful Klein? Well, second to Rosemary and you, just moments away from labor," Luce joked. The younger Klein had fine features and carried herself well, but there were certain other members of the family that just had an elusive quality of character that elevated their beauty to near ethereal levels. Luce would never be that beautiful. It was something she had come to begrudgingly accept.

"Noted," Luce replied in regards to Deathbelle's request for a large order of the valerian paste. In addition to the paste, she still had to prepare the honey tonic of motherwort (with some secret ingredients... additional salt and fermented fruit would add some other benefits that just meat would not provide). And how could she make the alfalfa more palatable? It was a rough plant to just consume. Perhaps she could thread it through some deer intestine to make a sort of casing. The blood and viscera might help it go down easier.

"Arranged marriages...?" Luce murmured, her brows furrowed. It could certainly help to forge stronger alliances outside of the pack. Increasing the genetic diversity within the Klein line and within the pack would improve their overall immunity, as long as the chosen mates were fine specimens. "Splendid, as long as I get to look over some of your matches. Improving the genetic diversity of our line and of the pack could mean only good things," she decided. "Besides, it might give some of us ugly ducklings a chance at progeny."

+ Discussed (2) healing items - alfalfa stuffed intestines for increasing appetite, honey tonics with salt and fermented fruit