Baby Moonwatcher
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SECRETKEEPER!
(Secretkeeper jumps a bit. I can't let them know. She whispers to her newborn hatchling-)
See you soon, little one.
(Before taking off, as if she was never there.)
(Moonwatcher is alone, with the horrifying pictures that were in Secretkeeper's mind, and the knowledge that the world was a cruel, dangerous place. She remained hidden in the fern plant, feeling the egg shells from under her, and she cries.)
Awrk?
(Nothing.)
Awrk?
(Nothing again.) ... Mommy?