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Skrr was confused.

She looked around, her antennas twitching wildly while he studied those around her, but she saw that not many shared her confusion. There was hesitation and fear, but definitely not much of the uncertainty that filled her mind.

They were all in a well-lit cave, deep beneath the surface. Skrr had actually been the one to dig it out, so she was quite proud of how perfectly round it was. No one had commended her, but She had still patted herself on back and smiled happily about it for a few minutes…

…until she saw the one she had almost mated with swallow ghosts.

When her mother had died, she hadn't had the maturity to understand what was going on, but now… it was the most traumatizing thing that had happened to her in centuries. The two of them had only talked occasionally, but she had still felt that there was a bond between them.