Guess this is your heads up

Part of her half expected Desponia to storm off and not answer her or give her some sort of combative answer if she gave one at all. Instead she insisted that the pups had not been planned, that they had come from a lapse of judgement. That she had never even had any intention of having kids. Avacyn did fully believe that these pups had been unplanned, but the idea of never wanting children was hard for her to wrap her mind around. Of course, she had grown up with the Mendaicum teachings being fed to her from a very early age and so much of it stressed the importance and the privilege of carrying on their bloodline so that probably had a lot to do with her own view of the subject.

Regardless, she stood there quietly and waited as Desponia looked toward the sky and seemed to contemplate the question posed to her–why was she still here? Finally she replied, stating how she had wanted something to come back to and found it here once she was given her freedom. There was plenty of places that could be that for her. There were a dozen packs across Boreas and Auster that were sure to want a capable body in their ranks that she could call home. Instead, she stayed here despite the obvious resentment and distaste she had. There had to be something more than just having a place to return home to at the end of the day.

Regardless of her own exasperation and confusion around the whole situation, she could tell that this was some kind of turning point for her aunt. There was plenty of ways to terminate a pregnancy if she so wished to and given the fact that she had never intended to Avacyn was a little surprised that she wasn't going that route. Something was changing even if Avacyn wasn't sure what and she wanted this to be a chance to build some kind of bridge if Desponia would allow her to. "Then be here," she said quietly as she took a couple steps closer to her aunt. "There has to be some kind of reason that you stayed here and made this the place that you kept coming back to instead of finding a home somewhere else. If this is where you want to stay then actually be here. Let us be your family." She paused, searching Desponia's face for a moment. "I can't speak for what happened years and years ago or how my mother handled it all, but I know that we could move forward and make this a real home for you and these pups if you want it to be."

"Avacyn Mendacium"