If you're good we'll get a toy after

A mother's intuition was certainly sharp and very quickly in the days that followed after their third litter's birth she began to suspect that something wasn't quite right. After two litters she had learned what healthy pups should look and act like and while she didn't fear that there was something direly wrong, she still didn't feel like all was right either. She knew nothing about healing outside of the very basic knowledge of patching up a bite or cut so this was very much beyond her expertise. With the estrangement between her husband and Irilyth she had turned to Ikigai for any of her healing needs for her pregnancy and the pups so this was no exception to that.

She waited until the pups were big enough for her to feel comfortable bringing them out of the den since she didn't feel like whatever was going on was too worrying even though she knew Ikigai would have likely paid them a visit if she had requested her. With Alastor in tow, she gave their two youngest a smile, nuzzling each of them lovingly. "We're going to go visit your Aunt Ikigai today," she told them, slowly getting accustomed to speaking a bit louder than she normally would and making sure he could see her speaking to accommodate the limitations he seemed to have with his hearing. "Ready to go?" Once they were both up and ready to go, she looked to Alastor with a little smile and then lead her family out of their cave, keeping Malico and Mariah between her and Alastor as they went.

Right before they left the den she had sent Temno to ask Ikigai to meet them at the medical den, deciding that was easier and less intrusive than howling for her. It wasn't a very long walk to the medical den from their own so they did happen to get there before her, but Manea had no doubt that she would be along shortly. She brought the pups over to a bed of furs that took up one portion of the cave and patted where they could come to sit. "You're going to be good for Aunt Ikigai, right? She's just going to give you both a little check up." She had been careful not to express any of her worries to either of the pups and had only mentioned it to Alastor whenever they were asleep. There was no reason to scare the pups over something that was hopefully just her over protective tendencies showing.

Manea | Temno | Ciemny