Spring was a lovely dewdrop rolling off tender grass; she felt strangely calm, in contrast to the usual tumult which usually roiled in her breast like a restless sea, ready to spill over. In pregnancy, she had drawn into herself, refusing the company of any other while her mother's body did what was natural to it, but her time was coming close, and restiveness came to her cloven hooves, and she made a foray into the lush spring valley which was her home, a perfectly rounded version of herself. The grass was soft beneath her feet, abiding beneath her twofold weight like little praying soldiers. Perfect blue was the sky, no cloud daring to deface its simplicity. She glanced upward, sunlight shimmering idly in the pools of her eyes—there was peace in them, as if resigned to a fate; she decided the child would be on its feet within the confines of the day. Without a lingering glance, Huyana slid back into the fringes of the Basin, unseen.

-i'll save you lengthy, ugly and boring description of childbirth-

Twilight had sundered the world into middling greys and purples, bringing with it a serene respite to the laboring mare. She had not been struggling for long; the parturition was relatively easy compared to her firstborn—she had sequestered herself to a glade of upright rocks which guarded her from view at the very border between mountain and valley. In this half-light, she received her secondborn (a colt) with a soft nicker, cleaning him tenderly as she noted how similar he seemed to Deimos—dark-limbed with eyes like clear summer seas, elegant even as an aimless newborn. Her lips spread in a gratuitous smile and she felt content; what a beautiful addition to their family, she thought, holding him close to her body, if for just a moment, clinging on to the serenity which was sure to wash away at any moment. How rare these splendid moments were, and how precious they were! Awash with a maternal afterglow, she breathed a last, satisfied sigh. Huyana would wait for Deimos to name the colt (he had a penchant for beautiful names, didn't he?), but in the meanwhile, she cleaned the newborn further, making him presentable for the Reaper.

(Note: Huy is still laying down with Erebos, I just couldn't find a way to weave it in!)