New life for a new day

Her life began in an instant. First there was nothing but her heartbeat and the one beside her, then suddenly there was more. The rush of air into her lungs and cold against her skin drove her instincts mad She knew hunger and cold before she knew anything else. Softly whining she felt her body move seemingly on its own before she was placed in the perfect spot. She felt warmth suddenly surround her and curled into it as she sought desperately for the source of her nourishment, soon latching on and claiming the spot as her own. The arrival of the only thing familiar to her--her brother as she would come to know him--was the final piece of the puzzle that lulled the child into contentment and, eventually, sleep.

"Speech"