[B] Not Dreaming

[HuniPi]

Parenthood. It would come, eventually, one day, Sleeping Awake knew it was only a matter of time. Unfortunately, the acha was a kin of theory and ideas, plans and thought, philosophical ponderings and hypothetical considerations. Action? Not so much...

He went through the to-do list he'd concocted years ago when the possibility of being a father (his ego made him incapable of considering otherwise) first occurred to him. There was so much he had to do and prepare for! Why hadn't he done anything when he had the time? (No, really, why?) Instead of being able to put any worries to rest, he's working himself into a conniption of frustration and he had no one else to blame but himself.

Naturally, the bullcha was capable of multitasking! So he could be beating himself up while looking for something suitable to offer to the MotherFather (or a representative) in exchange for their blessing. Brilliant! (Of course he was.)

[HuniPi]

Sun-Cursed was getting used to giving out blessings. It wasn't that she was doing this so often that some sort of routine could be established but she was able to distinguish the sensation of needing to meet expecting parents from what she used to think was an intense call of nature. (But technically she wasn't wrong about that...) She let Ember know that she would return to the den as soon as she granted the blessing to the mother or father to be, though she might take a detour to bring back something for him or their (well mostly her) many familiars.

She let the tug guide her path but unlike the previous blessings, she traveled in her kin form. Something told her that she was going to have a much longer trek if she was in her sugar glider form. It was an hour or so before she finally came across an acha buck, though in all fairness she heard him before she spotted him.

[HuniPi]

"Would this do? I know familiars like these as snacks, would the MotherFather keep familiars? Why wouldn't they- oh!" Sleeping Awake called out mid-stream of consciousness. He'd noticed the glow from the corner of his eyes, first thinking it was the brilliant halo of his pretty doe friend. But it was not a kimeti doe but an acha. "Hello, shining one! I see you too have a halo! Marvelous coincidence that! I have just the question for you!"

He trotted up to her without a second thought because he already had far too many thoughts in his head to limit it to just two.

[HuniPi]

Sun-Cursed barely managed to stop herself from taking a step back at the buck's approach. That sort of reaction didn't seem becoming of a mare. It wasn't that she was frightened of him, but his abrupt manner was certainly unexpected. Perhaps she was still subconsciously wary of having strangers approach her. She gathered her composure and cleared her throat, "Yes, greetings, I can't guarantee I'll be able to answer your questions but I can give you my blessing."

While she had never heard of a kin refusing a blessing from an ascended, was that within the realm of possibility? It wasn't an idea that would ever occur to her but something about the excessive energy this buck was emanating was nudging her train of thought towards that direction. Was she being presumptuous? "Sh-should you want it, that is."