He sees this and with another loud howl lets the third dagger fly, it hits the bird squarely and Lekotik tumbles from the sky into his father's arms where he is gently placed into the small bed of leaves again. Haztik, now weaponless, returns to Rae form and continues fighting tooth and claw. She says the weakly as she kicks out at three mroe Gruo's who attack her left flank. She kicks one squarely in the head and sends it flying but the other two slash deep cuts into her side. Shifting to Ghu form, flings heavy weight towards one Gruo, grappling with it's wings until the large bird falls, dead.
Muscular legs propel the male away from the corpse and towards another deadly bird.
They have smelt new life in the land that was once their's alone. They see the new cubs, guarded only by two Ghurae and see a chance. After making it to her liking she lays down and after much effort eight new cubs are born into the world. She lets out a low howl of mourning and rises, carfully for a moment, to bury his lifeless body admist the ground of their new home. She names each one carefully, but finally comes up with the names Daphila, Xovi, Capheen, Hazovi, Lekotik, Zevik, and Geronimo.