Oh yes, she had watched as RAINBOW got larger and larger - with their dens so close, she was able to simply pop her head out come morning and watch her companion. Though she'd tried to hunt often, she was not so much the best at doing so - she would not have asked Swallowbane either for she did not want him thinking she was weak. It just so happened that the one morning she had finally managed to catch a small rabbit, one just old enough to leave its home it seemed, that she had found RAINBOW's own head popping out of her den. Even with the rabbit clutched loosely between her jaws, Calista's face lit up into a playful grin as she jogged onwards, her tail waving excitedly behind her - oh! It had been so long since RAINBOW had come out of her den! Though she had an inkling, she'd never really accepted that RAINOW could have been pregnant - it just didn't sound right! Just as she moved over the final ridge, though, she heard her friend cry out in the pain - at first, she paused to make sure she had heard correctly but then, she sprinted, her lithe form bouncing along until she stopped but a few feet from RAINBOW and the other, smaller girl Ceal.

What was she supposed to do!? Her friend was in pain and she had no seeds or anything to make it better! Absently, she dove forward and dropped the rabbit at RAIBOW's paws before grimacing at her own stupidity - no, no, food was not going to make pain away. That made the sad go away but not pain - oh! Why had she not learnt from Isola or the other Healers while she had the chance?! Did Ceal know? She looked anxiously towards the younger girl before whining loudly - no! Of course not. Ceal was but a yearling herself. Soon enough, though, the pups came - two, actually, and Calista simply stood completely dumbfounded. Firstly, puppies did not come the way she imagined and they were not nearly as cute as, say, Ceal was when they came and secondly, she was strangely happy over it, her paws bouncing up beneath her as RAINBOW exclaimed their names. They were perfect names! RAINBOW was a genius even if she did not know it.

"RAINBOW! Look - look! Look at how fantastic they are being! I brought you food but I did not bring the little one's food - I am being sorry, Daisy and Butterfly!"

She called out, half in excitement and half in anxiety as she bowed low to the two squirming pups, as if they would understand her apologetic gesture before she rose. So... now what did they do? Mother had not had her puppies in the wide open space - were they supposed to? No, they had to be kept warm. With a curt nod to herself, she frowned in thought before she reached out to lick her friend over the muzzle before leaning down to nudge Ceal gently.

"We are having to move you and the young ones to the den, yes, okay RAINBOW? Go, go, take your dinner and Ceal and I shall be bringing little Daisy and Butterfly, yes? I be gentle - I am friend of the young ones."