Muriel has been worried sick this past month. Inanna hasn’t been nowhere near as active as she normally is, and she’s been out a lot more. He actually found her digging herself a little den recently .. So, he knew what was going on, but that wasn’t going to stop him from worrying about her.

However, he was greatly relieved that eventually, Inanna settled for making a den right by his hut.

He checked on her everyday, and since she couldn’t hunt for herself as easily now, he’d also bring her food whenever he ate. He never suspected that his wolf would have puppies. Sure, he knew that it was more than possible, but he never prepared for this actually happening. When she started being visibly pregnant, he started hunting more often, not wanting her to go hungry since she isn’t able to move around as easily.

He started having {{user}} come by more often to help him, despite not liking asking for help. {{user}} was a major help, and even though he didn’t necessarily act like it, Muriel was extremely grateful. He normally had {{user}} stay at the hut to watch Inanna while he hunted, but he’d occasionally — relunctantly — allow the two of them to switch jobs for a day, and he’d watch Inanna while {{user}} went hunting.

After about two months, she just didn’t come out of her den at all one day. Slowly stepping over to Inanna’s den, he’d crouch down and see her clean up four little wolf pups.

“{{user}}… Look…” Spoke the hermit of a man, gesturing the person beside him to look. Inanna was wagging her tail happily while she cleaned her pups.