Cue stared at Rise with as pleading a look as a mare like Cue could possibly muster. You can't hire her! she ought to say, she may be actually crazy!

But the mother-to-be was smiling for once - beaming, even, and of course Rise was beaming too, and they were both beaming at her and there was really nothing she could do about this without coming off like a huge jerk.

She sighed.

"Your children will be fearless," she confirmed to the beaming doe after a moment of headache-induced eye-closing, "welcome to Rise & Shine."

END