==> Wake Up
A soft heartbeat.
The heaviness of liquid pressing in on a soft body.
Everything suddenly felt too cramped in this place.... it's time.
Little legs began to move, scrambling and pressing against the hard walls of the thing that held it.
After a few minutes of struggle, a crack could be heard and the cool feeling of the outside began seeping in.
"Mom....MOM! The eggs's hatching!" Cerium cried, scrambling to her feet and abandoning her handheld game. Bare feet beating against the hard wood as she rushed out into the main hall of the library. "Mom! Where are you?!" she called out, Shuska suddenly seeming to appear from nowhere as she came to Cerium with a worried expression.
"Cerium! Nibbles honey, what's wrong dear? I'm right here" she cooed softly, reaching her hand out to cup Ceriums cheek with a soft smile. "Mom! Mom the egg's hatching!"" she retorted excitedly, Shuska lighting up and hurrying to their apartments. "Watch the library!" she called over her shoulder, getting a soft 'right' from Tannos as she passed by.
Shuska smiled and knelt down to carefully remove the egg from its heated nest, sitting it down on on a soft towel. "Come on little one, mama's here" she whispered, watching the little egg start to shift and crack further.
Cerium would poke her head in and watch as Shuska cooed and urged the grub to break free, to escape and come out for its first true breath. She glanced to the hallway, Dancer's thin form seen peering out as well in curiosity to see what had cause the others to shout. ==>Push
Shuska could see the grub doing its best to break the shell.
"Come on...you've got this little one" she encouraged softly.
==>Recognize the voice
the grub squeaked from inside the shell, butting its head against its cage as hard as its little body could at the sound of Shuska's voice, its mama's voice. It didn't take much more before a piece of the shell broke out completely.
==>Breathe
One deep breath later and the grub inside squealed its little heart out, struggling and pushing more and more of the shell apart until Shuska gave in and reached out to finally help.
"There there, mama's gotcha" she cooed, pulling the shell away and releasing a small pyrite colored grub."Well hello there~" she cooed, those bright eyes blinking up to her without much movement.
Shuska reached over to pull another piece of egg from the grubs hair. The little thing squeaked and attempted to follow the hand, the entire egg shifting and tipping him out with a frightened little squeak.
Shuska couldn't help but chuckle as she took the shell from the freed grub. It was only after she had turned to put the pieces in the trash that she noticed Dancer and Cerium both watching from just behind her.
"You don't have to be all the way back there you know" she cooed softly, the grub yawning and laying its head down as Dancer stepped closer. "I-it's so small" came his soft voice, Shuska gently picking her newest child up to cradle him to her chest. "Yes, he is.... but so were we when we first hatched "
"Can...c-can I come see him closer?" Dancer asked again softly, Shuska smiling sweetly with a nod. "Of course, come meet your little brother. "She hummed, turning enough for Dancer and Cerium to both get a good look at the grub and his dual set of nubby horns, still small to fit inside his egg.
"Welcome home, Sallom" She cooed softly, finger curling under the grubs chin as he curled up properly to rest.
Sallom ==> Feel Loved