(Been a while since I've done one of these)
Here is something I have wanted to ask you for a while; what
is Recognition?
"Soul meets soul, when eyes meets eyes"
"But flesh fights flesh... till love is sure."
And sometimes, it's just not meant to be love...
Sorry for the pain I accidentally caused you.
We did cause you some trouble, didn we l...
DON'T YOU DARE!
Little Dewshine. You didn't think I was going to?
Yes we did! But as you see, Nonna, Recognition doesn't care - as much as Recognition
can care - about previous relationships, or anything. It just happens. Sometimes, it leads to love, but not always.
Cutter and I... had some difficulties we needed to sort out first.
You were being... pretty stubborn about it, Leetah. But I'll be honest, I didn't like Strongbow too much at first, and at least I
knew him, he hadn't carried me off on his wolf.
You... didn't like Strongbow?
I thought he was arrogant. And... I vaguely remember something about a bear hunt that he wasn't supposed to go on. Bearclaw had to bail him out.
Yes, my old badger felt a particular ownership of the bear hunt. Guess it was fitting our cub was made on top of a bear carcass.
MOTHER...
Joyleaf, I don't think our cub likes you embarrasing him like that. But we were lucky; we were already lovemates when Recogniton struck.
Were you actually lovemates, at the time?
Yeah, you'd had one of your big fights, hadn't you?
Maybe Recognition was telling you to stop being stubborn.
But... what happens if the one you recognize, already has a lovemate, or even a lifemate?
That depends, sometimes... there is much jealousy...
I know. When Sandsparkle and Skimback recognized, I was so jealous. And Sandsparkle is my friend.
How come you didn't stay together then? Threematings are not common among your people? Not that I complain, of course.
I've been wondering that too. When Scouter and I recognized, it only made my fondness of Dewshine even stronger.
I always said it would take the High Ones' return for me to recognize, and I guess... now they have... we have.
Or maybe you just can't decide whether or not you recognize, my very young lifemate.
You don't always need recognition to have cubs, though. Redlance and I had some help making Tyleet.
And us Go-Backs have done away with the need of any magic entirely.
I maintain what I said back then; it shows!
Rayek... we made Venka without Recognition!