It had been a long time since Blessed Sky visited his mother and father's mangrove den. It wasn't because he didn't like staying there, but when he and his brothers and sisters became old enough to fend for themselves and go out into the larger world, their mother's proclivity to travel and their father's drive to interact with other kin passed down to each of them and made them set out to lead lives of their own.

He arrived just before sunset. He knew his mother had "duties" to attend to as an ascended and that there was a chance that he would miss her if he didn't come around as soon as she would be waking up. Getting here before the sun came down guaranteed that he could at least catch her just before she felt the need to leave. As he neared the entry to the den, he saw his parents' constantly growing menagerie of pets and familiars. He fondly remembered some of the bigger and smarter ones accompanying him and his siblings when they played and hunted as they were growing up.

He ducked into the entryway and found his father with Grove Guardian in the middle of restocking the food supplies in the back. As they made eye contact, he greeted, "Hey Dad! Just passing by for a bit. Is mom still here? I need to talk to her." Smoldering Ember stopped what he was doing to welcome his son and touch horns with the young buck affectionately, then gestured to the shaded corner of the den where Sun-Cursed was just rising from her sleep.

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Sun-Cursed roused herself out of sleep quicker than normal. The tug was there again, which meant an expecting parent. She got up and was pleasantly surprised to spot her son coming into the den. "Oh Sky," she greeted, "What brings you here? Is something wrong? Do you need any-"

The realization hit her like a wave.

Her halo brightened in delight, her happiness illuminating the den as she practically leapt over to Blessed Sky. "You! The tug is pulling me to you!"

It wasn't that she had favorites- she already had grandchildren and great grandchildren (albeit from her clutch with Wayward). Her excitement was more from the fact that Blessed Sky was the first of her children to come to her for a blessing.

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Blessed Sky was not shocked that his mother knew what he was here for. He knew Sun-Cursed to be very outward with her expressions of joy, and seeing his mother nearly hop circles around him as she spoke about the "tug" all but screamed that she was aware of the reason for his visit.

His posture, initially excited, shifted to hesitant as he greeted his mother, "Hi mom. So yes, I've come to get your blessing. I met this really nice Acha doe named Orchid Sunset and we've gotten along really well. It's all been a bit of a blur, so I haven't had the opportunity to introduce her to you. But now we're expecting and I just want our clutch to have what my siblings and I had growing up with you and dad."

"But is this okay that I get a blessing from you? I mean, I didn't go through dad's journey, or get anything as a gift or tribute to the MotherFather to give to you, or undergo some sort of personal emotional upheaval leading to character growth. I just feel like it seems unfair to other kin that I just know where to find you and that I could just ask you for one... I don't know."

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