In this tender moment between friends, and between mother and children, the weight of the world melts away. All the drama with Liland, and the war suddenly doesn't seem to matter. All that matters is the here and now. All that matters are these colts, and Monster.

Zjeena looks upon her friend with tears in her eyes, yes, but they are tears of joy. Zjeena is alive. They are all alive. After her experiences last year, that was the least of her hopes but now she is blessed with two beautiful new sons, and the company of a friend bound by forces much stronger than blood.

The two boys suckle vigorously. They are strong, like all of her foals before them. Zjeena's heart wells with pride. She does breed some damn fine foals. She touches her snout lovingly to each round little haunch in turn, finally noticing the lack of a tail on one. There is little reaction to it from Zjeena. He is cute with his round little cheeks exposed. As his mother, Zjeena will never judge him for his appearance or love him less for what makes him different.

"I will call them Jørn and Eirik.", she answers to Monster. "You are Jørn", she tells the strange little colt with no tail. "And you are Eirik." she announces to the other. They are names Liland would have chosen, ones he had discussed with her when she was pregnant with Nattergal and Havelle. They tossed around quite a few names then, but he conceded to let her name their first colt after her own brother. It was the one compromise that Liland ever made, and so, for that, she'll let him do the honors of naming these colts, even in his absence.

Zjeena doesn't blame Liland for everything he's done. He's done a lot of the things he's done because he's never learned. His ways of wheeling and dealing threats, and pushing to get his way must have always worked for him in the past. Zjeena has seen it work for him. It's even worked on her, but it's time that Liland learn, you attract more flies with honey. You get more when you give more.

Zjeena has no intention of erasing Liland from these foals' lives. Liland is a part of who they are. She will do her best to take the parts of them that are Liland and help them use their traits for good, for the good of themselves, and the good of their community. Persistence isn't a bad thing, and neither is determination. Those are the driving forces behind every mistake Liland has made. She hopes she can help her two newest sons to use any such traits in better ways.

As focused as Zjeena is on her own task at hand, the falter in Monster's expression doesn't go unnoticed. "Monster, are you alright?" She asks, her face suddenly full of concern.