Sharindia smiled and nodded.<span style="color: #003366">"if he wasn't i wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to keep him alive. i always meant to find a female to breed with him but i could never find the time... it looks like i finally did."</span>she nodded and grinned.<span style="color: #003366">"that is called getting aroused."</span>she blinked in surprise before she returned the kiss and then looked down at Kitori and grinned again as she used one hand to pet Kitori's hair.<span style="color: #003366"> "you are doing so well Kitori, i am very happy with your progress. now, let me wake Vertus up so we can get back home, Lorna is waiting. stand up and stay behind me, he will be very grumpy and a little blind for the first five or ten minutes and he will not recognize your scent so he might hurt you."</span>she waited for Kitori to do as told before she reached over to the gatepost and turned a brightly glowing crystal to the left until it stopped glowing. the first thing the huge cat did was take a deep breath before he eyes shot open and he jumped to his feet with a snarl and even took a swipe at the mage but being blind and ten feet away it was no threat.<span style="color: #003366">"Vertus! it's me boy, shh."</span><span style="color: #0059b3">"mommy?"</span>the saber wobbled a little on his feet with a growl before he sniffed the air.<span style="color: #003366">"that it, good boy, mommy is here."</span><span style="color: #0059b3">"smell mommy... and other."</span>he sniffed some more before slowly walking closer to her outstretched hand and he used it to find her belly to rub his head against while she scratched him behind the ear drawing a rumbling purr.<span style="color: #003366">"of course i am not his mother like you can be but i did raise him from a small cub and he loves me very much."</span><span style="color: #0059b3">"missed you mommy... dreamed of our hunting prey."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>