Morning, Keep the Streets Empty For Me

ooc: pups may post now if they like. This is optional not mandatory, usually as an "up to chance" way to determine birth order. Pups won't actually be playable until two weeks from now. :3

Rain was falling steadily over the hills as thunder rolled across the sky. This land was dangerous she knew and with the rain there was now a risk of mudslides but the built tension in these hills had settled some after the great earthquake. And D?gmar didn't plan to stick around for long. She'd carved her den into the side of one hill, amidst a tangle of fallen trees for support. She didn't want to be found and so a place with such a fearful reputation was more than a perfect stage on which she could birth her pups. Resting on her side she bore the contractions and the pain without flinching. To cry out, she felt, would be shameful. She was taking this in stride as a warrior bearing a particularly painful exercise and it thrilled her. Childbirth, the ultimate pain. The test. To pass she would bear it without aid, without crying out. Her muscles spasmed as the pain washed over her but she took deep breaths, focusing her mind in an almost meditative state as her limbs tensed. Another crash of lighting raced across the sky, the rain turning into drizzle and ice as it fell. Her whole body clenched until finally the first pup was born.