Koz awoke with a start from her nap and, with herculean effort, hoisted herself onto her feet and waddled off into the woods. She returned moments later, looking much more svelte and quite relieved. She was completely bamboozled as to why her gut still still stuck out like she'd swallowed a beach ball, though. Koz shrugged, figuring it was a little dinner still working its way through. But she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something odd about it. She prodded it and was surprised to find it firm and slightly cool to the touch. She rubbed and investigated this abdominal anomaly until, completely unexpectedly, she felt a kick! Was a bit of prey still alive in there? No, it was much too small a foot for that. She was forced to conclude that she was pregnant and, by the look of her, with an enormous litter. She'd absorbed her prey, and her prey's own pregnancy. Too bad she hadn't the foggiest how far along she was, or how many were in there.<br/><br/>"Anywhere! I'm not picky when it comes to necessities, you see. Take me home with you, hide me under your shirt. Anything at all will do," Gelly was so distraught at the thought of being frozen again she was nearly sobbing.