Destiny was beginning to notice a pattern with her frequent long walks; they all seemed to have been triggered by the same thing. As with before, Destiny followed the sound of a distant crack, her hide still shedding droplets of water as she waddled further and further away from her home.

She'd heard it again! A distant crack, the familiar sound that triggered the new mother's maternal instinct. And as with every other time, she just had to go see who it was. Did they need any help, were they all alone out here? such questions made her stomach churn as she followed the sound. Raising her head as far as it'd go without pain, the blind creature struggled to tap into the magic held within the countless spires rising from her skull.

Almost immediately, Destiny knew where they were; tiny heartbeats vibrating through the ground and up into her paws, showing her the way. Waddling fast, Destiny soon slowed as she heard a clink; a shard of broken chrysalis went skittering away. Destiny looked around.

"A-are you there, little one?" she called out, focusing on the heartbeat to come closer, trying to make herself look as least threatening as possible despite her towering quills of opal. "I-I'm here! I'm D-Dest'ny! I'm not gonna hurt you..."

Standing close by, Destiny swung her head as a tiny voice reached her, only to become still as pain and dizziness shot through her skull. She could hear them better now, even if she swayed unsteadily on her flippers. Her heart leaped with happiness. They could speak! They could speak. Though she wasn't too surprised, Destiny knew that there were many young ones who couldn't, her own two included.

"Yeah, Dest'ny! That's me!!" She replied proudly, listening patiently to their words and tilting her beaky head to one side. Poor soul didn't have a name?! A twinge of sadness entered her heart. Destiny had never met one without a name!

Even with their little ones, herself and Fira were there to name them. They knew their names from the first moments. Destiny, she'd named herself! She created for herself a bright and glowing pretense of a grand future ahead of her! And that sealed it. She was Destiny! And then as her path was laid out before her it became clear that she wasn't just Destiny, but Destiny's Pawn.

Destiny didn't want to make the same mistake twice.

A twinge of regret crept into her heart.

"You need a name, then! You can't g-go out there all naked."

"going out where?" Destiny asked. Being blind, she hadn't realized there was any sort of hole or den of some sorts. But now she felt a little silly.. Surely she could have known by the sound her flippers made as she walked or their heartbeat's echoes?

She'd... Just have to learn these things, she guessed. She'd learned how to seek out her own den in this darkness, but was still learning the rest of this elusive place. She had yet to venture even beyond Polaris' walls since she'd lost her eyes.

Giving her bill a slight shake, Destiny drew herself back to the matter at hand.

"'Course you won't! That's just silly!" Motherly concern obliterated her regret. No-one should be without a name! "T-tell you what. You can be... Uh, ah... Future? Yeah, that's right! That'd be nice... Right? D-do you like it?"

She shuffled her flippers worriedly.

"U-uh, yeah! Future's G-Gift sounds good!" Destiny considered it for a few moments, Falling silent. "C-can I just call you Future?"

Ever bashful, Destiny opened her bill in a wide grin as she heard a soft patter as the pup jumped up. "y-you can call me momma if you wanna!" Destiny chirruped, her eyeless face lit up. They asked if she could be their momma! No-one had ever asked her that before!

Excitement made her heart quiver, and before she knew it she was warbling her warm replies again. "I-it can be! Water is easier. Land I fall over a lot! But it's easier to find my way. I take things slow now."

As happy as she was, Destiny's heart sank as they began to tell her to watch. As charming as it was, she knew she couldn't see. She had no eyes.

"I-I'm sorry... I c-can't... I can't watch."