The Sands
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	Anerila watched from the lower caverns as her queen gently glided down to the hatching sands from above. "Oh, of all the days, she just had to pick this one!" Anerila said grumpily and walked briskly to the sands. Headwoman Keima shook her head, and smiled. "I'd better tell Necalaya and Tr'yan to get ready for a Search." she says absently, and starts off to find them.           Just as Anerila gets to the edge of the sands, Torlimyth croons loudly as a small oval shaped egg slides onto the sands below her. "Now why couldn't you have TOLD me you were ready, love?" I wanted to suprise you, besides, Rokaith said it was best not to bother you. the queen states. Anerila laughs at her lifemate. "You really are as stubborn as a wherry hen, and your attitude fits your position of Senior Queen to a tee." Anerila says and sits down, this was going to take a while.      After Torlimyth lays a exteemly large first clutch of twenty-seven, Anerila sighs and gets up. "Are you quite finished, dear? You've laid enough eggs to bring in more than our share of candidates." she says and looks towards Headwoman Keima. Not quite yet, Neri. the queen says, laboring to lay yet another egg. "How many more then?" Anerila asks impatiently. One or two more. That is all. After saying that, an egg, larger and darker than most of her others rolled onto the sands. Anerila looks twice just to be sure, and smiles. "Well done, my dear. You've a queen for a daughter. Now just lay that last egg, and I can give the count to Keima for the Searchriders." Anerila enourages, while Torlimyth nudges the egg carefully aside from the others. In another minute, the other egg was sitting next to the others.      "Quite a nice first clutch, love. I'll have to remember to congratulate Rokaith for his efforts later." Anerila says and winks while writing down the tally of eggs, and handing it to Keima to handle. There are two queens here, Neri. Anerila turned around abruptly and stared at her queen. "TWO queens? You must be joking Tor. I only see one with a golden hue. The others are all the same; mottled and cream colored. How can you tell there are two?" Anerila asks, surveying both the eggs and her lifemate. I just know, Neri. Call it whishful thinking if you like. I just KNOW there are two queens here. Torlimyth explains in a tone that made Anerila want to wince. "Alright love, two it is, then. If there's only one, you'll only have put up the hopes of a future candidate." Anerila says, and sighs while making the adjustment on the clutch sheet for the Searchriders. If I'm wrong, I'll eat wherry hide while you watch, Neri. the queen said loudly as Anerila went to go sit down and rest for a while. There were going to be some desputes about two queens in a first clutch, she just knew it. She just wouldn't argue any longer with her stubborn queen of a lifemate. She looked over to Torlimyth, and saw her moving the eggs around her, the two possible queens just in front of her paws. Anerila closed her eyes, and slept.
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