Sunlight in Violet’s eyes woke the mare. She quickly discovered that she could hardly move because she was firmly in the grasp of the tiger-striped chakat beside her. Despite the chill of the morning air, she felt quite warm in the arms of her mate and disinclined to wake hir. Violet settled her head back down, putting a hoof in front of her eyes to block the sun, and dozed off again.

When she woke once more, Chakastra had risen significantly more into the sky but Tigerbright was still asleep. The mare pouted. She was ready to get on with her day! Her horn lit up and its glow surrounded the chakat, lifting hir up and away. Violet got to her hooves and gently set her lover down again. Then she went to their tent, grabbed a towel, and headed for the lake, grateful that it harbored nothing more exciting than some small fish. Ten minutes later, the damp but much-refreshed mare returned, hung her towel up to dry, and started fixing breakfast.

Unsurprisingly, Tigerbright was woken by the smell of pancakes, eggs, and bacon. Violet’s habit of rising earlier than the chakat had led her to believe that her mate’s alarm clock consisted of a device that released the smell of breakfast foods rather than making a noise. When Tigerbright hungrily approached the enticing fare, the unicorn sternly pointed hir towards the lake. After a very quick bath, the chakat returned, still dripping, but Violet allowed hir to take a plate of hir eagerly awaited breakfast.

Between mouthfuls, Tigerbright asked, “So, what do we do from here?”

“Well, I didn’t finish collating the data from yesterday and we missed the surge last night, so I’m going to work on those while you pack up the camp.”

“Oh, yeah, but I was more thinking about us.”

Violet smiled and kissed the chakat on the cheek. “I know. We have a lot to talk about, but that can wait until we go around picking up the sensor equipment.”

“Fair enough. How’s the heat this morning?”

“Feeling a little horny but that’s normal. I’ll be fine until we make camp tonight. Not that I wouldn’t mind a quickie right now, but I’d rather we take our time. And speaking of time, we don’t have a lot to spare if we’re going to get today’s placements done.”

Tigerbright pouted. “Y’know, this is the first time since I hit puberty that I’m really miffed that I can’t have sex when I feel like it.”

The mare giggled. “I’m totally empathizing with you. Being a responsible adult sucks, doesn’t it?”

The chakat nodded glumly but brightened when Violet kissed hir again, this time empathically pushing her feelings of love at the same time. Tigerbright echoed the emotion and then went back to finishing hir breakfast.

Half an hour later, the pair set off to collect the sensors. Tigerbright started the conversation once more.

“We committed ourselves to each other last night, but how do you want to proceed from here? Chakats have flexible customs, but the commonest one is that we tell our friends and family that we are a mated couple. We’d only have to register ourselves for legal purposes. I’m open to other ideas though.”

“I would like a simple marriage ceremony. By Equestrian standards, you are my fiancé because I’m your first mare. It’s normal for a stallion to marry the first mare, but if they add any mares to the relationship, it’s just a private commitment usually. Sometimes they have a marriage ceremony too, but that’s not obligatory.”

“Do they ever add a stallion to the herd?”

“Very rarely, and normally only in a large herd. After all, that’s why herds exist. The gender imbalance requires it. And that’s not even counting the colt cuddlers.”

“The what? Wait. Is that what they call homosexual stallions?”

“Yep. They aren’t common, but they do exist. In the bad old days, they would have been considered to be deviant and selfish and forced into relationships with mares as little more than a slave. That doesn’t happen nowadays. Princess Celestia spent a lot of effort stamping out that prejudice. It did add to the gender-imbalance problem though. That’s why it’s so important for a stallion to pick the right mare as his wife. She gets to vet other candidates if they don’t choose monogamy.” Violet smirked at the chakat. “So, you had better be sure you chose wisely because you’re going to be stuck with me for the rest of your life.”

“Violet, my love, I have never made a wiser decision in my life. When do you want to get married?”

“First, I need to inform my parents that we’re engaged. Do you plan to do the same? I don’t know your practices but I’d want them to know too.”

“Yeah, I’ll let them all three know tonight. What about you though?”

Violet frowned. “Normally, it’s something we do face to face. That’s a little impractical right now. I don’t like to do it over the comm though. I’ll think about it.”

“At least you won’t have the pressure of pregnancy adding to the urgency. After last night, you would almost certainly have been fertilized if we weren’t biologically incompatible. Which brings up my next question. How do you feel about having children?”

“I’m in no hurry. When the time is right, we can get a compatibility spell and have a foal. You know about those spells?”

Tigerbright nodded. “Remember Sunny Skies and Artax? They plan to have a foal next time Sunny is fertile and they’ve already arranged a compatibility spell to be made for them.”

“Yeah, they need to plan ahead because those spells are tricky for changelings. Each one has to be custom-made.”

“And I know of at least one griffon-zebra couple with a hybrid child. She’s quite a cutie.”

“Well, you obviously know the score. We’ll have to look into it later because I’m sure that with our very different physiology, it won’t be easy to make a compatibility spell for us.”

“So, you do want children?”

The unicorn stopped and turned to face the chakat. She smiled and nuzzled hir. “Love – one day, you and I are going to be very proud parents. I don’t know when that day will be, but it will come and we’ll be a very happy family.” She stepped back. “But right now, we have more important things to do.”

Violet continued on her way while Tigerbright followed with a silly grin on hir face.

They came to the first sensor. The unicorn downloaded its data, giving a cursory glance over the information before nodding in satisfaction and stowing away the device. They continued on their way toward the next.

“Y’know,” Violet suddenly spoke up, “there was one occasion where a compatibility spell wasn’t used but lots of foals were conceived.”

“Oh? What happened?”

“It happened far in Equestria’s past. It was not terribly long after the union of the tribes and the creation of our nation. It was Mating Season and, as usual, the mares and stallions were strictly separated. Businesses were shut down and the city was virtually at a standstill.”

Tigerbright nodded. “I’m familiar with that. The colony was nearly a ghost town a few weeks ago.”

“Well, back then, Equestrians were in frequent conflict with Griffonia. Minor wars and skirmishes were a constant occurrence. Then, somegriff realized that the ponies were preoccupied and thought it would be the perfect time to launch an invasion. As anypony could have told them, mares and stallions with raging hormones are not to be messed with. Not only did the invasion fail spectacularly but many griffons were also captured. Then the mares worked off their frustrations with the males and the stallions with the females.”

“Raped them you mean.”

“Yeah, it was basically rape, but those were less civilized times. Anyway, much to the shock of everypony, every mare conceived. Also, many of the griffon hens.”

“How did that happen?”

“The consensus is that there was so much love magic occurring in one place that a spontaneous mass-compatibility enchantment was cast over the city. And that’s how the hippogriff race was created.”

“What happened to the griffons though?”

“Normally, when a war ended, prisoners were sent back to Griffonia and reparations made. This time, the invasion was over almost as soon as it started, but there was one huge difference – the fate of the prisoners. Griffons were and still are extremely proud creatures, and very beholden to their system of status and rank. By losing to the ponies, every soldier, male and female, lost status, but by conceiving a child with the enemy, they were now considered the lowest of the low. None of them could return home. Instead, after they were released, they left to find someplace else to re-start their lives. Some chose to settle in Equestria and they were the forebears of the nation’s griffon population. However, the majority established a colony that later grew to be a stronghold named Griffonstone. While they regained their pride eventually, those griffs never challenged Equestria again.”

“None of the griffons stayed with the mares that bore their children, I suppose?” Tigerbright asked.

“None of the males ever did. However, some of the hens returned to the city to submit to the stallions who got them pregnant.”

“Why would they do that? Was it because they knew they would give birth to bastard children?”

Violet shook her head. “While that might have played a part, it wasn’t the ultimate reason. You see, you have to understand the mindset of griffons of that period. While it’s a lot more civilized nowadays, back then, a hen had to be won. If a cock was interested in her, first he had to have at least the same level of status or he would not even get a look. Then, if it seemed that there would be a chance of a relationship, he had to win her in some fashion. Sometimes that meant defeating a rival suitor, and sometimes it was in a more symbolic way. Well, in this case, it was a literal win by an enemy defeating her in battle, and as her status was utterly trashed, he had the right to claim her by Griffonian standards. Also, the stallions had risked getting raped or worse when they pulled hens away from mobs of vengeful mares. The males’ bravery impressed the hens, further fulfilling the cultural norm of winning a battle for their favor. Many of the stallions did keep those hens, although as the most junior in their herds. I don’t think any actually married them though.”

“So, the city had quite a population explosion,” Tigerbright pointed out.

“Oh yes, and it made things quite difficult for a while due to resources being diminished. And it was a good thing that so many hens had returned because they were vital in educating ponies in the different needs of the hybrid species.”

“How did Equestrians feel about all those hippogriff foals?”

Violet grimaced. “I wish I could say that it was all love and roses, but it wasn’t. Prejudice reared its ugly head. All too often, the young hippogriffs were ostracized, despite Celestia’s best efforts. Eventually, when they reached adulthood, they chose to leave en masse and create a home for themselves. They settled on Mount Aris and that grew into the Hippogriff Kingdom that we know today. Well, excluding their ability to turn into seaponies but that happened much later. A tale for another time.”

“That’s quite an origin story. Chakona is similar in that it was colonized to give a home not only to chakats, but also all the species that suffered from prejudice and mistreatment throughout the Federation. Whatever our child eventually turns out to be, shi won’t have to ever deal with the hippogriff problem.”

“Shi? You think our foal will be a herm?”

“Almost certainly. We have several hyper-dominant genes, one of which determines our offspring’s sex. Every child of a chakat has always been a herm irrespective of the species of the other parent.”

“You don’t need a compatibility spell?

Tigerbright laughed. “We’ve never had spells before you Equians came a few years ago. And while there are ways to genetically engineer a hybrid of two incompatible species, I was referring to those we are compatible with, such as foxtaurs, wolftaurs, skunktaurs, and ordinary felitaurs.”

“Hmm… that’s something to think about later. Here’s the next sensor.”

After that instrument was dealt with, they continued on their way to the next device.

Violet started the conversation again. “So, tell me what it was like for you to grow up on Chakona.”

When all the sensors were collected, the pair headed back to the campsite. They paused briefly to have a drink and a snack before flying away to the second site to be cleared. While Tigerbright piloted the craft, Violet concentrated on analyzing her data. Their conversation resumed while traversing the grasslands at the new location. Then the chakat made them lunch while the unicorn pored over the wealth of information that they had collected.

“Good news, Tiger!” Violet said as the chakat brought over a plateful of food.

“Oh? Found our mystery object?”

“Not quite, but I have enough data to narrow down our search considerably. I’ve eliminated every other possibility down to this area I’ve circled.” She pointed to the map currently displayed on the screen of her datapad. “Somewhere in this mountainous region is our elusive target.”

“That’s still a pretty big area,” Tigerbright pointed out. “Maybe a couple of thousand square kilometers.”

“True, but from what I’ve learned from the survey site readings, I can now fine-tune the configuration of the sensors. I’m optimistic of pinpointing it within a couple of days.”

“So, that’s our next destination? I’d better break out our climbing gear. That’s pretty rugged territory.”

“Sounds like fun to me,” Violet said with a grin. “I need something to keep my mind occupied anyway.”

“That horny already?” Tigerbright asked.

“Some of it is anticipation rather than just hormones.”

“I know what you mean, hon.”

The duo wasted no time setting about redistributing the sensor equipment. Choosing a base of operations was tricky in that area due to needing to find a suitable place to set the shuttle down as well as setting up camp. This time, they did not rely completely on hiking because it would take them too long due to the crags and ravines that were common to the location. Instead, they did short hops to places where bare rock allowed them to settle down and place a sensor or two.

On a few occasions, Tigerbright hovered the shuttle while Violet levitated herself down to accomplish that task. They managed to place their entire complement of the devices before sunset and made it back to camp at dusk.

With no more data to work with that day, Violet helped her mate to prepare their meal. Both were highly aware of their desires but they were also very hungry from their efforts of the day. However, with the food prepared and set on the fire to cook, the couple finally found the time to make love.

They were finishing off their evening meal with the fruit loaf that they had finally made when Violet’s surge alarm beeped very loudly. Then, with a loud pop and flash of light, it went silent.

“What happened?” asked Tigerbright as shi rubbed hir abused ears.

“Overloaded, obviously,” Violet replied as she looked at the smoke pouring out of the device. “We’re closer to a ley line than I preferred due to our limited camping options, and we are a lot nearer to the target. I should have thought of decreasing the alarm’s sensitivity like I did the sensors. Oh well, I only lost a cheap ruby. I can replace that easily enough.”

Tigerbright rolled hir eyes. “Ah, yes. That flawless ruby the size of my pinkie claw worth more than our house, plus several others.”

The mare laughed until her emphatic senses brought her up short. “Wait. You’re serious?”

The chakat shifted hir weight to raise one of hir back legs. “My pinkie claws are quite… large. They can also do magic.” Shi waggled hir eyebrows while flexing hir footpad. “Care to be my stage assistant? As in right now?”

Violet cracked up. “I’m in heat and I thought I was bad. You’re awful.”

Tigerbright shrugged while lowering hir rear foot. “I guess you’re a bad influence.”

“Guilty. Makes me wonder how sore I’m going to be when you go into your rut.”

Tigerbright beamed. “It’s a date!”

The unicorn howled with laughter. Eventually, she wiped her eyes, cleared her throat, and took a couple of deep breaths to get her concentration back.

The mare put the defunct device in with the equipment stores to salvage parts later. Then she rejoined her mate and they finished their dessert in front of the campfire. The mountain altitude made the night air a lot cooler and it was pleasant to snuggle together while warmed by the flames. Eventually, they retreated to the tent to get some sleep. Another busy day was ahead of them.

Reclaiming all the sensor devices took almost as long as deploying them. When the last had been retrieved, Tigerbright set the shuttle down on the next suitable open area. The chakat made them both a mug of tea while Violet crunched the data. Tigerbright bounded up to rock ledge that overlooked a canyon to sip hir brew. The unicorn levitated up to join hir about an hour later.

“How goes the hunt?” the chakat asked with a grin.

“The prey is elusive, but I’ve narrowed down its location to about twenty square kilometers.”

Tigerbright nodded and pointed at the highest peak – an impressive spire of sheer granite. “It’s there.”

“Umm… that is within the search parameters, but what makes you so sure it’s there?”

The chakat shrugged. “Just a feeling.”

Violet smirked. “I thought we ponies were supposed to be the ones with the weird mumbo-jumbo?”

“How do you even know that phrase? Anyway, I’ve been sitting here for a while looking at the scenery, but something keeps drawing me to that peak.”

“Well, I can’t argue with that, can I? Still, I think we had better set out the sensors anyway.”

“Bet you a blow job I’m right.”

Violet giggled. “You know I’d give you one anyway if you wanted it?”

“Exactly – I can’t lose either way.”

The mare snorted. “Come on, lover-kitty, we have work to do.” She turned and headed back down to the shuttle.

Tigerbright grinned and followed, watching hir lover’s pert hindquarters.

They were soon on their way once more. The chakat piloted the shuttle to a ledge on the southern slope of the peak that shi had pointed out. It was roughly in the center of the area that the unicorn had mapped out and would serve as their base camp for the remainder of the day. After securing the site, they started hiking.

The terrain was exceptionally rugged. The only saving grace was the sparsity of vegetation capable of obstructing their progress. Unfortunately, a deep crevasse proved to be a challenge. Normally, both would seek ways around it, but time was of the essence and Violet decided to cheat.

“How do you feel about teleporting?” she asked Tigerbright.

“I’ve never teleported. Can you do that for me as well as for you?”

“Short distance and easy line-of-sight, so no problem.”

“Okay, I guess.”

Violet grabbed her mate around the waist and lit up her horn. A moment later, both stood on the opposite side of the chasm. Tigerbright stuck out hir tongue and clutched hir belly.

“Is it supposed to make me feel queasy?”

“The first time is the worst. You get used to it quickly.”

“Not so sure I want to.”

But they did – twice more for crevasses and once for a frigid river. The chakat had to admit that hir companion was right though.

Violet was leaning on her mate by the time they made it back to base. She sank to the ground beside the shuttle with a groan of relief. Between the arduous trek and the multiple teleports, she was feeling drained. The energy drinks that Tigerbright had thoughtfully packed had helped, but she wanted a proper meal now.

“Let’s make something simple tonight. I’m not in the mood for anything fancy.”

Tigerbright smirked at her. “I bet I know what you are in the mood for.”

Violet opened her mouth to shoot off a smart-ass reply but then paused, a puzzled frown crossing her face. “I am, but not as much as I should be.”

“What do you mean?”

“I think my heat has eased up.”

“I thought that’s supposed to last a lot longer? The town normally shuts down for over a week.”

“It is supposed to be still in full swing.”

“Then what would make it fade?”

“Nothing except drugs. Or pregnancy, but we know it can’t be that. You couldn’t fertilize me due to biological incompatibility.”

“What about those hippogriffs though? They were born despite that problem.”

“I told you – that was due to a massive conflux of love magic.”

The chakat gave her a serious look. “Or a single extremely amplified instance?”

The unicorn’s eyes widened and she gasped. “That enormous orgasm we had that first night – it must have happened during the surge!”

“So, you think you’re pregnant?”

Violet looked at her mate with a mixture of uncertainty and wonder. “I don’t know, but it’s the best explanation I can think of right now. I’m going to have to get a check-up.”

“Do you want me to fly you back to the colony right away? We would have to pack up everything first, but it won’t take too long to get back to the town.”

“Doctor Hyrex has been evacuated along with all the other changelings, remember?”

Tigerbright fixed her with a stern look. “We do have more than one doctor in the colony, not to mention a hospital.”

“It’s not an emergency. I can wait until tomorrow.”

“As you wish. What would you like to eat?”

“You cook it and I’ll eat it. I’m famished!”

Violet helped, selecting and preparing the ingredients while Tigerbright built the fire and fetched fresh water from a nearby stream. The rock pool formed by a small waterfall looked inviting and the chakat imagined that they could both have a nice bath later. Shi figured they would need it.

Later that evening, the lovers huddled together, staving the chill off their damp fur with a blanket wrapped around them. They quietly watched the moon, Cha’turna, chasing its larger sister orb across the night sky. Eventually, the chakat broke the silence.

“What happens if the test proves you’re pregnant? How will it affect you – affect us?

Violet turned her head to give the chakat a reassuring kiss. “My feelings for you haven’t changed. As for having conceived, I really don’t know yet. I suppose that’s why I didn’t want to see a doctor immediately. Until it’s confirmed, then it isn’t quite real. It could be just some other unknown factor and we’re both speculating about nothing.”

Tigerbright sighed. “Who do you think you’re fooling, Vi? Even without my empathic sense, I can tell you don’t believe that.”

“Well, what about you?” the mare evaded. “You’re going to become a parent too.”

“Love, I grew up in a typical chakat clan where it’s normal for a newly mated couple to want to have a cub as soon as possible. Not that it was required but nobody I knew ever desired putting it off longer than necessary. I fully expected to do the same when I found my denmate. The fact that she turned out to be a pony had me thinking it might be delayed for a while and I was prepared to wait if I had to, so having a cub immediately is not a problem for me. I can’t say the same for you though. Considering your previous antipathy to getting married, I’m sure that having an unintended child could seriously affect your plans.”

Violet nodded slowly. “Even if this proves to be a false alarm, I realize now that I need to think about being a mother. It’s always been something vaguely in the future for me. I promised you that we’d have a foal in time, but I really didn’t think much beyond that. Our relationship was too new – too unusual. And yet, I should have thought of the possibility. Never in the history of Equus have there been so many mixed-race marriages. Coming to Chakona only increased the possibility. I indulged in blissful ignorance. Now, I’m paying the price.”

“Would it help if I told you that I think you’ll be a great mother?”

The mare snorted in amusement. “You can’t know that.”

Tigerbright smiled confidently in return. “That feeling that we are ideal mates extends to more than just sex and snuggles. You’ll be fine when the day comes.”

“I’m glad you’re so confident. I need some more certainty though. As soon as we’ve collected the sensors tomorrow, we’ll head into town and get some answers.”

“Anything more I can do for you in the meantime?”

Violet nuzzled the chakat. “Just love me.”

“Easily done,” Tigerbright replied, then kissed her.

Once the mare was suitably distracted, the chakat picked her up and carried her to their tent. After closing up the flaps to keep out the chilly night air, shi snuggled up to the mare, an arm and a foreleg protectively around hir mate.

“Pleasant dreams, my beautiful unicorn.”

Collecting the sensors was done entirely from the air. They had purposefully positioned them so that Violet could telekinetically retrieve them, obviating the need to retrace the difficult paths they had taken the previous day. As soon as they had fetched the last one, Tigerbright immediately set course for New Horizon. Meanwhile, Violet started downloading data. It wasn’t long before she started frowning.

“Horsefeathers!”

“What’s wrong,” the chakat asked.

“It’s all useless! The mana saturation is so great that I can’t discern any flow patterns. I can’t calculate a directional vector from the reading.”

Tigerbright pursed hir lips. “Maybe the sensors are right.”

Violet blinked. “Wait, what? How?”

“The stakes all have self-leveling mounts. What will the readings be if the source is displaced vertically from their location?”

“I…” The mare stared at the shuttle flooring and furrowed her brow. “We installed the devices at higher elevations to make retrieving them easier in this rugged terrain. If the source is on the valley floor… Yeah. That might explain it.” She looked up. “But mana lines criss-cross all up and down the sides of mountain valleys. Unless we put a sensor directly on top of the source, I don’t hold out much hope for valid readings at the lowest elevations.”

The unicorn mare tapped at her datapad. “Now you’ve got me thinking. We’ve been assuming the origin is a point source. Maybe it’s spread out over a larger area.” For a few minutes, the only sounds were the hum of the engines as Violet continued to work.

Eventually, she sat back with a sigh. “The data support both possibilities. More importantly, it doesn’t rule out either one.”

“I suppose we’ll have to go with my hunch then.”

Violet gave hir a flat look. “How am I supposed to put that in a scientific report?”

“Got a better idea?”

“No, but give me more time.”

The chakat chuckled. “You can think of something while we hike to Mount Destined.”

The mare blinked. “Is that its actual name? I thought it was something else.” She checked her map on the datapad.

“It must be,” Tigerbright replied confidently. “Have you seen the horn on that thing?”

Violet hit hir with a saddlebag. Luckily, the autopilot was engaged.

Doctor Bon Médecin cast a diagnostic spell on Violet before frowning and entering something on the datapad on her desk. Then the unicorn cast another spell before muttering something under her breath and tapping the datapad for a long while with her stylus.

Violet couldn’t stand the wait. “Well, doctor?”

“Hmm? Oh, you are pregnant, ma jeune fille,” she replied in her heavy Prench accent. “Eet is these odd results that I find fascinating.”

“Consider the sire,” Violet deadpanned.

“Ah, oui. I have not seen anything like this since ze fascinating report from Doctor Zubon of the Cosmic Lotus. Did you know that ze human admiral that they first met when they arrived here has sired les enfants with no less than three species including chakats without a compatibility spell?”

“Are you telling me that chakats are fertile with ponies without a spell?” Violet asked doubtfully.

“Non! Non! Beaucoup majik was involved. Rakshan deities, eef you can believe that.”

“Maybe the Rakshani have the equivalent of alicorns?”

The doctor looked thoughtful. “That ees an interesting possibility. I may have to look into eet.”

“You do that,” Violet said. “Meanwhile, what am I supposed to do?”

“Oh, ma chère fille, I realize that this eez your first and you are understandably concerned, but there eez nothing to worry about. My diagnostic spell tells me that you are in perfect health and condition to have a foal.” Bon Médecin opened a drawer in her desk, extracted a pamphlet, and levitated it over to Violet.

“My First Foal,” the expectant mother read. She looked back to the doctor. “Shi’s going to be a hybrid though.”

Bon Médecin blinked then smiled sheepishly. She opened the drawer next to the first and pulled out a second pamphlet.

After taking it in her magic, Violet read off the title. “My First Chakat Foal.”

“Eef there are any difficulties, we will deal with them as they come up. Not that I anticipate any at this time. Meanwhile, I recommend frequent check-ups. Eef nothing else, we will gain some valuable knowledge of ze chakat-pony pregnancies.”

“I see. Thank you, doctor.”

Violet made her way out to the waiting room where she had left Tigerbright. The chakat brightened upon seeing her and shi got up to give her a nuzzle. “What’s the news?”

“Congratulations – you’re going to be a dad.”

“Woohoo!” The chakat gave her a fierce hug before backing off sheepishly. “Oops. Sorry. I know you’re still trying to adjust to the news.”

Violet rolled her eyes. “I’m not that delicate. Anyway, do you want to have lunch before we go back to work?”

Tigerbright gave her a lascivious grin. “Let’s work up an appetite first by breaking in our bed back home.”

The unicorn blinked for a moment before cocking her head and raising an eyebrow. “Seriously?”

“Hey, I’m a horny male-phase chakat and you’re a sexy mother-to-be mare – what better way to celebrate?”

Violet couldn’t find a good reason to argue with that.

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Author's Note

Thanks to Airy Words for his feedback.

Why did the doctor have a pamphlet for "My First Chakat Foal"? Because Violet isn't the first to have a hybrid child. That honor goes to Radiance Point in the story - Purple Point - His Life in Space.

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