Zjeena is grateful for Monster. In all the times that Zjeena needs her most, she's always there, a solid shoulder to lean on. It's only through Monster that Zjeena has made it this far, from last spring to now, Zjeena owes her life to this mare. What Zjeena and Rougaru have is special, but what Zjeena has with Monster is something on a whole different level.

The laboring mare steps out with purpose, picking her way to a nearby location somewhat more secluded than the one they left behind. Zjeena shelters in the thicket, trampling the moist earth to mud with nervous pacing. She leans on the presence of Monster like a crutch, using her image, and the memory of her voice that day on the beach to tether her to the real world. Zjeena will not float away today. She will remain grounded. She will stay alive.

Zjeena, being an experienced broodmare, doesn't labor long. Within minutes she is down, pushing a small colt into the world. The mare rolls into an upright position to begin cleaning him. She cleans his face, and clears his tiny nostrils but is met with familiar feelings of continued labor. Zjeena is too distracted by the delivery of a second colt to immediately notice the first doesn't have a tail.

Only when two healthy colts are delivered onto the jungle floor, does Zjeena stand. She works to finish cleaning her two new sons and pass her afterbirth. Her body is busy but her mind is still. She is very aware of her still-earthbound soul and the mare who made this all possible. Zjeena casts a tear-filled glace at Monster. Her eyes spill over with gratitude.