rebirth and ashes [birthing thread]
| Nausica Saxe |
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She was content. Content with the warmth the blanketed her. Content with the familiar touch of her siblings. She could stay here forever. But as of lately their space had been cramped. Constantly pushing and kicking each other. It angered her to have to remain silent, to be unable to voice her displeasure, unable to catch her siblings from her space.
Pressure. It surrounded her in the most uncomfortable of ways, propelling her to some unknown place. She tried to fight it, but it was useless. And then just like that the pressure was gone. But replaced by a substance that burned her lungs and was cold against her skin. An angry cry erupted from tiny vocal cords. She crawled blindly, searching for the warmth she once knew. An unfamiliar thing touched, stroking her, providing warmth, soothing her anger.
She was guided to what she would soon know as her mother, fitting in beside her siblings, inhaling her mothers scent, imbedding it in her brain. It would be a scent that she would never forget. The scent of milk caught her attention. Instinct told her that it would soothe the pain in her belly. Suckling from her mother, she would drink until she was full, quickly falling in a deep sleep, quieting her protests. |