Neonatal Care

By now, all of the Hallows was abuzz with activity in preparation for the coming litter of Artorias and Briar. Naturally, Syanna had learned of the alpha couple's pregnancy well before it became public knowledge, thanks to the virtue of working so closely with Gwynevere, who was of course the attending physician for Lady Briar. While many of the other Hallows wolves busied themselves with gathering supplies or crafting things for the arrival of the pups, Syanna used her skills to focus more on the present—namely the care of the expecting mother and her unborn pups. Gwynevere was heading the checkups and neonatal care for Briar, and Syanna would take charge of providing the young mother with all the supplements and herbs she would need in order to ensure a smooth birth of healthy puppies. In a way, this was good for the vixen-like wolf's own psyche as well. Not knowing if she'd ever have the chance to have her own puppies some day or not, this very much felt like a way she could get as close to that experience as she could while helping out her pack family along the way.

Syanna was holed up in the castle kitchens, boiling a pot of water for a tea for the Queen. She had found that many wolves disliked taking herbs and medicines straight, and by infusing the neonatal herbs into a herbal tea, it made them much more palatable. Plus who wouldn't like a nice, hot cup of tea on a cold winter's day? While waiting for the kettle to boil, Syanna was pressing down some elderberries and blueberries into a pestle and mortal, squishing them into a juicy pulp to infuse into the tea for flavor and antioxidants. Every so often she would glance up from her work, waiting to hear the telltale whistle of the heated kettle.

"Syanna"