Elastic Hearts

Once he was given permission to help with the brith, he grinned and moved further into the room while still being very careful to be out of the way and just stay where he could still see what all was going on. "Hi, I'm Solaire," he said to Claire as he took a seat to watch Aunt Gwyn get her supplies and stuff ready. He recognized the kind of medicine that she portioned out from the various times he had helped her craft them, but he still nodded with understanding as she share that it had the motherwort and trillium they had worked on together in it. Because motherwort helps with contractions and trillium helps with pain, right?" he recited, reinforcing his lessons and making sure he was thinking of the correct herbs. He really thought he would just be watching it all happen so when his aunt gestured for him to come closer he blinked with surprise, but did as she wished. He shyly followed her lead and started to feel at Claire's rounded belly, a touch of awe crossing his face when he realized he could feel the pups moving and could easily tell when she had another contraction from how her muscles clenched. "Wow..." he breathed softly and nodded with agreement when he was told to stay there and count the time between her contractions, putting all of his attention onto the task and watching closely so he wouldn't miss anything.

"Solaire Carpathius"