you are my sunshine

Fuji offered Mortis a puzzled look when he asked if pain was normal, a small nod to confirm that, yeah, childbirth hurt? "Of course, especially if the father is..." She broadly gestured to all of him and then looked pointedly at the much smaller mother. "Here's hopin' th' rest take after 'er in size." Fuji decided then she would have to make sure (even though she had already promised no boys were getting near her in that way) that any father of her kids wouldn't be asking stupid questions in the delivery room. She had checked the third child over and was in the process of heating water when her mother muttered raspberry leaf, only offering a nod as she bit her tongue and added the leaf to the brew. Just for good measure, she fished out some shepherds purse for once this song and dance was over with.

As her mother moved to try and herd Mortis out of the den Fuji used her small size to slip closer and offer the tincture to Halo, putting on her best bedside smile to reassure the new mother that the blend would help, even if that was almost an alarming amount of blood... or it would have been if the girl hadn't literally witnessed her own mother give birth to a literal crystal just a few months prior.

"If he doesn't go, I'll make up somethin' ter at least take th' edge off, yeah?" She whispered to Halo with a conspiratorial grin. Her dosing for wolves that large was still a bit experimental if she was honest, it might take the edge off, or it might put him to sleep for a week, but would either really be that bad with newborns to contend with? "Deep breaths now," the girl looked on encouragingly, placing her paw on the new mother's flank to feel for the tell-tale tightening of muscles, "Now. Push with all yer can, I don't wanna go fishin' fer these kids." God that nose was massive, no wonder there was so much blood. "Great work, yer almost there!" God she hoped she was convincing. "Here we go again..."

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