The actual moment that the chrysalis started to hatch, Tectus was returning to the tower. She had kept a diligent watch over the developing chrysalis - noting that they one of them was significantly smaller then the others - but at the moment, she had stepped away for food, so she missed the actual moment when the first hatched. But large, bat-like ears caught the distant sound of it shaking and cracking, and she immediately abandoned her hunt to return to the Tower. Food could wait, her spawn would not.

She arrived, then, just in time to see the little creature sliding out of its chrysalis. It was the smallest one by far, but Tectus had learned quickly not to judge by physical size. She lumbered up next to it and lowered her head, turning a bit so she could properly look at without her nose getting in the way. An interesting looking hybrid, with interesting colors. She couldn't pick out individual animals, nor anything from her...ah, that was too bad. But she did not despair. It did not matter if they didn't carry any of her attributes, as long as they were useful.

"Welcome, little one. I am Tectus and I created you. You will be designated Epidosite T-One. Remember it." She noted the shivering and how the fur was still clumped with wetness from the chrysalis. She raised a single claw to point at its hide. "Lick yourself clean, it will help you become warmer, if you are cold." There was very little traditional motherly affection to be found here, but something in Tectus's eyes betrayed her pride - her first spawn! It felt like such a momentous occasion, yet so personal. Still, she was a valkhound and an ancient Overseer without any of the emotional training sometimes needed to handle children. But she would treat them well, she promised herself.

She glanced to the other two chrysalis and grunted. "Your littermates will hatch soon - I will explain more once they are awake."