But their son only gave them a lazy little squeeze, eyes still closed in perfect contentment.
*Schluuuuuurp.*
As if to wordlessly say: 'Yes, mothers… and it's only the beginning.'
The heavy truth still echoed between their linked minds, and then, in a blink, everything changed.
The initial pallor on Mearie's cheeks flushed back with a vengeance, a radiant pink suffusing her delicate features.
Luminara's emerald eyes shimmered with sudden, barely-contained excitement, her pointed ears twitching adorably.
Their gazes met over Quinlan's blissfully suckling form, both mothers' foreheads now pressed together as if they'd reached some kind of unspoken conclusion in that moment of raw maternal instinct.
Because that was when their brains fully realized the implications…
"M-Mortals…!" Mearie breathed, lips parting in sheer awe.
"We can meet mortals at long last?!" Luminara whispered back, stars practically sparkling in her tear-filled eyes.
