Mioyo watched the two a few minutes, and then slowly ate herself. Melhor seemed like he'd be out a while, and she slowly his the rest, turning, and laying near her daughter and the cub, eyes half shutting until she blinked at Kabichi. For the hell she'd endured, she noticed one thing, carefully hidden behind her ear.

A violet feather was tucked in firmly, carefully, in her fur.

Mioyo marvelled as she started to doze, wondering how Kabichi had gotten it.