What does this mean?

She had stayed with Artorias as long as she thought she could without getting in trouble before she finally forced herself to go back to the Armada. It got harder and harder to leave him every single time, but she also needed time to figure some stuff out for herself. Deciding to move away from studying healing had been the easy part - figuring out what to spend her time on instead was more difficult. She wanted something she enjoyed as much as fighting but would be helpful into the future. She had very little doubt that she would be with Artorias well into the future as long as nothing changed how they were with each other and if he was going to be the Aegis of The Hallows one day then she wanted to support him in that. But what was helpful for being a leader?

There was something else that was even more curious to her though and something that only seemed to happen more and more when she and Artorias were alone together and that was what she really wanted answers to. She didn't feel like she could go to her father about it because talking about this new relationship with Artorias didn't really strike her as something that her father would take well, but she did know who might have answers for her. After she got back to the plains, she immediately found her way to the area around Asla's den, curious turquoise eyes seeking her out. "Asla?" she called for her older sister. She was glad that they had gotten closer after her father's nightmare. It made her feel like she had someone to go to that she knew would be honest with her and she didn't have to feel like she was tip toeing around things with her.

When she did find Asla, Briar blinked with surprise. She had been in and out of the Armada so much with her trips to see Artorias that she really hadn't been around to be privy to the state her sister was currently so seeing her very, very pregnant was a bit of a shock. Asla was also the first pregnant wolf she could remember seeing and for a second she was just trying to process the change in the smaller woman's form. After a beat of getting her reeling thoughts together she finally gave Asla a grin along with a questioning look, saying "Um... congratulations?"

Briar Fatalis