Let's Do A Little Dance

Asla listened as her children filled her in on how they were doing. Arc was doing better, she knew. The change in his disposition had been noticed. He wasn't as sullen or withdrawn. He spent more time away from the rest of them, but she knew that it was because of Vanille, which she didn't mind. If it made her son happy, then that was all that Aslatiel needed.

Satira, on the other paw, was a little more distant. Asla knew a lot of things bothered the girl, but they were things that were out of her control. You couldn't make a father be a father, but she tried like hell to be a good mother and to subject her children to some of the hardships of the world so that they would be ready. Some day they might leave her and she wanted them both to be as prepared as they could possibly be. She did wish that there was something that she could do for the girl though. Anything to make her feel as special and worthy as Asla knew she was.

The two bantered a bit and Asla chuckled softly, her long tail swishing back and forth over her stretched out hind legs. Arc spoke of Vanille and his worry for her. The fawn fae gave her head a shake. "She could join us, you know. I'm not opposed to it." They'd met the girl once and she seemed nice enough. Arc liked her and that was all that really mattered.

Satira quickly said that she was fine and Asla's brow crinkled on one side, showing the girl that she didn't believe her, but if she didn't want to talk about it, then Asla wouldn't pry for now. Perhaps later when it was just the pair of them. Asla didn't know what she could do for Tira other than love her unconditionally as she always had. The woman reached out and patted the paw of her pretty little daughter.

When the subject shifted to how Aslatiel was doing, the woman inhaled deeply and her amaranthine gaze shifted from one to the other. "I'm doing well. Happier than I have been in a long time," she admitted. "Having you two with me and Indigo with me is all that I've ever wanted." The fae then gave her head a shake. "But it's not all Indigo has ever wanted. He had an entire litter of pups that died and he wanted so badly to be a father." Again she inhaled deeply, not sure how her children would take the news. "I'm pregnant. Indigo will get to raise children and you will be big brother and sister." She then looked from one to the other, curious as to how they would react.

"Aslatiel Indarra"