Determination was the only thing keeping her alive.

Himena struggles to follow Nasa as her own pains of labor take control of her legs. She stops many times, but each time she pushes to continue forward. The once leader of the Harbor was gaining distance now, but she still follows. She had an ill feeling the mare's swollen belly was Rougaru's doing. The black mare had not heeded her warning if the Paradise Wolf, of course she had not listened to herself either. She thinks she may be able to protect Nasa in some way, but her own troubles keep slowing her down.

By the time she can see Nasa again, a newborn foal was with her with Monster and another child approaching. Himena reels back knowing Monster wasn't the worse one to talk to, but she was too much a follower of her mate. Himena needs only Nasa to comfront and then the father himself. The mare suddenly lets out a squeal of pain as her head curls towards her ivory chest. There was no time left! Himena turns her still slim (oddly proportioned with a large belly) frame and dashes towards the jungle to hide herself away.

Not much time went by, but the mare never emerged from her hiding spot. If the mares took notice they would find a helpless filly nestled up to her hemorrhaging mother. Or perhaps the foal would wander out herself and grab their attention.