they come like lions

Fuji had been preparing since she first learned of their lady's condition, so when Tori's golden cat approached, she sent Kenta to gather her bag. She hoped her gifts had been received, though she wasn't brave enough to pass them over herself. Tea blends of raspberry leaf, nettle, red clover and lemon balm, and another of alfalfa, nettle, rosehips and dandelion leaf to help the new mother's body prepare for the challenge ahead (that and just generally an enjoyable blend to sip before bed if she did say so herself). From what she had seen of her from a distance, the woman was fit to burst. Either those were some giant kids like Fuji's other siblings, or there were a lot of them. She hoped for Kiriko's case it wasn't both...

She gathered herself as she approached the lady's home, shaking off any nerves and gathering her fetched supplies before dipping her horned head respectfully to enter the space, with a polite smile on her fanged face. “Won't it be nice to breathe again once these pups are out?” She asked in an upbeat tone as she set about making a tea of yellow ginseng, stagbush, raspberry leaf and skullcap. “This should take the edge off and speed things up a bit at the same time, be careful, it's warm.” She placed the tea within reach but wouldn't force it down her throat, after all, Kiriko was a healer too, she might want to check it before gulping it down. Especially with all that had been going on lately. “Are you feeling well in yourself otherwise? Any nausea?” Golden yellow eyes watched the expectant mother closely for any signs of distress or excessive discomfort. She was a lot more comfortable with this arrangement than she had been with the strange events surrounding the birth of her younger siblings.

“Speech”