Chapter 3
Our sixteenth birthday was closing in. Amphicyon and Nimravidae were excited to be able to walk in this Cradle after so many years. Between our schooldays we found out our family was planning something. We couldn't find out what it was. Probably some kind of surprise party.
*We can shift in the middle of the night, right?* Nimra and Cyon nodded affirmatively. *Hopefully the birthday thing our family has in mind is during the day...*
*Are we going to tell the Marrow what Brahma said?*
Thus far, our conversations entailed plans differentiating from an all-out war to going in alone spy-like, and everything in between. For every proposition, we needed to be able to shift and be fully synchronized. The latter was not an issue for us. Shifting was a different story. But we were opt
