Standing silent sentry, a great ghost-white lion paced beneath the full orb of the moon. More than once he cast a glance skyward, smiling up at the orb. It meant more to him than a great many on the Pride Lands... Thanks to his Keeping of his Mate's dreams, he knew what the Moon Lioness looked like... How the almost blinding radiance of her celestial self would dim when she faced her children...
How her dark daughter loved her above all other things in their home... Well, perhaps in her old home.. Long before she met him...
Hin allowed himself a private laugh, then returned to his serious thoughts.. His one request...
"If ever you loved your child, you should prove it tonight." He whispered to the sky, to the lovely moon. "See her through this safely, see them all through this safely."
Lakona lay curled around her two new cubs, smiling sleepily at them. It was unheard of for her to be tired -on earth or in the heavens, day or night- but she had just brough two new souls to the world, and it was hard work. She didn't regret a moment of it... The feel of the little male curled to her heart and the female against her belly and haunch made her heart twist.
"Wake, my dearest ones... And greet the world, thy family, and the sky..."
Softly she called her mate to her side, smiling up at him. "Look what wonders we have wrought."
Though younger, the little female perked first. Shifting around blindly, she bumped into the edge of her sire's paw and curled around it, almost dissapearing against his white coat. The warmth she sought above all else, purring softly when he lay down and curled his forepaws around her, half covering her with his mane. She knew his scent already, along with that of her brother and mother.
"D-d-da.." She mewled, and then sighed softly, content.
