“Every mother should be awake for the first suckling, remember that.”
Kal saw the smile the new mother was giving her daughter and looked over at the old crone, “Okay, maybe not so cold.”
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After bringing the new linens and taking the old ones behind the inn to be washed, Perra and the new father made a second trip to get bowls of stew for the new parents and the midwife. I just woke up and I’m starving! ——
The solution to the speed rune continued to elude Kal for the next few weeks, then the snowstorm came and he was unable to work on it with the help of Ikuno’s library. ——
Morning found Kal and a much slimmer Ikuno standing in Aradelle’s clearing. Ikki! No!” Aradelle yelled.
