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[Gemma Rhiannon Sawtooth]

The irony of the entire situation was not lost upon her. As Gemma ran around for Io gathering up various bits and pieces to help her she was aware that she herself was more excited for the children than Io was. It was strange but Gemma wouldn't begrudge the coyote woman her emotions, she knew that Io had a history of giving birth to stillborn children and she could imagine how it felt. She got a bit teary eyed at the thought and had to leave the room for a few moment to compose herself. When she came back in Jacinto, the pup's father and Jaro, Io's mate were surrounding Io who didn't look amused at all about the situation, to top it off Jacinto had Io's small tiger Quoll perched in his lap, the whole scene suddenly appeared funny to her and she held back a giggle although couldn't surpess her smile.

Wanting to get Bialik away from Io and the soon to be newborns Gemma walked over and took him from Jacinto with an almost steely look and the small rodent climbed up onto her shoulders where he stood watching the rest of them, his long nose twitching. This wasn't a place for the men to be really, Io should be on her own, she turned her frowning face upon the men and make a shooing motion with her hands, being Io's midwife she had a certain authority, the facially scarred woman's voice was stern,

"Come now, time for you both to go out. This is a woman's time to be alone." She would accept no excuses from them.