Poor Sweet Child [banefam]

*Anais* · 01-10-2015, 12:51 AM

Walk | Talk | Think

She heard Lebrah's cry even from within the den and glanced toward the empty entryway nervously and was relieved a moment later when his nose peeked around the corner of it. Had her mother's crying frightened him? She could only assume it was what had upset him so, and why he was still presently whining there at the front of the den. Promising herself that she would tend to him later, after she had tended to her mother and future siblings, Anais redirected her attention back to the laboring Tahlia, wishing all over again that she could have been more helpful.

Lior arrived, to Anais's relief, though left shortly after, running off in pursuit of a plant that she suspected would do their mother some good. Unable to argue and grateful that her sister was willing to help, the grey and gold girl merely nodded as her sister raced off again, wishing her speed and luck in finding the necessary plant. Tahlia's pain seemed to be getting worse, which the nervous girl hoped meant her siblings were going to be born soon, and the sooner the better. It was difficult to watch, especially with nothing to do but offer words of encouragement that she was not altogether sure were even being heard at this point. Let it be quick, she hoped, and hoped Lior could be quicker.

Thankfully Lior did return in time, offering the plants that at first went ignored by Tahlia but that she eventually ate. With Lior there beside her, Anais watched her mother continue to struggle until a little pup was produced. She stared in surprise at the pup at first, unable to remember even Lior, the tiniest of their bunch, being so little. But it took his baby cries to finally make her realize that Tahlia was not acting. With the first pup delivered, she had fallen still, apparently exhausted from her efforts, and showed no concern for the little life that begged for her attention. Anais turned worrisome eyes upon Lior, feeling anxious, before she stepped up to intercede, cleaning the pup to the best of her inexperienced abilities before nudging him toward her mother's stomach. He took to Tahlia quickly, another relief to the fretful older sister, but still Tahlia did not budge. Bad signs, she knew, but what was there to do about it?

Instead, she waited, watched, half expecting the whole process to begin again with the birth of another pup, but no more came. Glancing at the single tiny pup of his litter, Anais supposed this was it. Their final sibling. "Another brother," she muttered quietly, actually managing to smile a little as she considered it. Despite his mother having so little motivation for life, he appeared well, moving about as she expected a pup would and with Tahlia already beginning to drift into a doze he appeared to do the same there against her warm side. "I think we can let them sleep. We can check back in a little while," she murmured in a quiet whisper to Lior at her side, and turning she stepped from the den to glance reassuringly at her brother before moving to comfort Lebrah and guide him back toward their own den, where they would not rouse the slumbering mother and son.

-Exit Anais and end thread-

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