"I can't wait! She's gonna be the best little sister in the whole world!"

"Aww, just like my family with a not-an-orc big sister and orcs after that."

Bonesaw smiles the widest real smile she's had in such a long time and gives her orf a hug, extra careful to not put pressure on her future ✨little sister✨!

Hugs!!

As the due date gets closer Bonesaw informs her orf that it will almost certainly be this particular day and she should hang out in the lab then so Bonesaw is on hand to make sure everything goes well.

The orf plans on this!

A couple of weeks before she's due she's suddenly much less the cheerful glowing expectant mom.

Bonesaw will check her hormone levels in case that's what's causing it.

No, it's not that, it's - it's - so I read people's minds a lot, most orcs don't know how to stop me, and -

- they're not gonna let me keep her -

Huh?

I don't think I was s'posed to find out till they took her but I caught somebody thinking about it. They want her raised by orcs.

But .. you're her mom....

Not an orc though.

Bonesaw hugs her orf.

Sob.

I don't know if I could make you into an orc but I could maybe??

Then I wouldn't even be able to read minds any more and if that wasn't good enough I wouldn't see it coming!

Hugs.

I could fight anyone who tries to take her. So long as no Maia does I could do it I think.

You sleep. And they might decide to just kill me or her or both if it were too much trouble.

I could probably kill them all first? If I tried.

I don't wanna have to kill a bunch of orcs who're just doing what they're told, I -

I wanna go live in a treehouse in the woods. Like an Elf. I don't want to be an Elf but I want to try living how they do and not be here.

I. 

I'd like that too I think.

I dunno how to get out. It's so so so so not allowed.

Hugs.

I could hide us inside of a monster? I send those out for testing sometimes.

You don't think Melkor will notice you going out?

Usually my monsters are allowed to go out if they need to get tested? I could hide inside it too. Maybe make a decoy me so no one notices I'm gone?