Did I miss the birthing?

The scent of Indigo lingered in the air around her den - catching the Warlord off guard. His son had entered his territory with a single word to his father? Another sign of the changes in the time. He put it down to the pain of… of her absence. The one they had all lost.

Dismissing the boy from his thoughts for the moment, he answered Asla’s call by falling into a trot, and nosing his way into her den a moment later. There Asla lay curled about her new litter. The little jelly beans were incredibly small and delicate. One look, and the man lost his breath.

He approached cautiously, and settled himself down at the other side of Asla, keeping his large body compact as he partly curled about her and the pups, closing the circle. “Asla….” he said softly, and kissed his daughter's nose. “Have you named them?” he asked, voice ever so soft.

"Earth" & "Stars"