Hathor, who'd just begun to entertain a guest in their dance room, was suddenly a little heavier, and now wore a little bundle with a fluffy tail, and ears to match. "Mommy, I'm home!"
"I can see that, silly." Hathor giggled, pulling Shurry around to hug the excited boy. "Hmm, you still seem like you're hungry, did you get enough to eat over at that special restaurant?"
"I ate their supply of meat! All gone!" He cheerfully expressed. "Then we went to other places and ate out their supplies too! But the last place… Some mean people interrupted the meal, but aunty Lyca punished them for it!" He explained, jumping down, and then reenacted the scene a little bit, with some cute little punches and kicks.
Hathor, along with her guest, giggled at the cute sight unfolding before them. "I see, that must have been rather interesting."
"Oh my, Hathor, your child is just too adorable." Demeter commented, clearly all giggles when it came to children.
"I know, he's the cutest."
"I'm curious about something though, you mentioned Idunn was his mother too?"
"MOMMIES ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE NIGHTMARES GO BYE BYE!" Shurry quickly shouted out his explanation, clearly annoyed by something else that Demeter's words could insinuate.
Demeter quickly realized that. "Oh, don't worry about it too much darling. It's cute how you are, calling her mommy."
Meanwhile, Lyca is currently having a mental crisis of her own. How in the hell did Shurry manage to get my movements down like that? Sure they were simple, and un refined, but he wasn't even watching. Which means… I was completely incapable of sensing what he was doing to see me. His potential is far greater than I once thought… I only ever felt this way one, no, I've never felt this way, even with Alfia.
Hathor noticed that something was going on with Lyca. "Is something wrong Lyca?"
"Oh, Uh… Lady Hathor, tomorrow night is the full moon… I was hoping to get your permission to take Shurry out on a hunt." Lyca said, snapping out of the trance she was in, hoping that she would get a chance to speak in private for a moment.
"Shurry, why don't you go to the kitchen and get a snack, bring something back for us as well." Hathor instructed, gently, lovingly rubbing his head.
"Yeah! Snackies!" Shurry said, rushing out of the dance room, on all fours like a wolf, but remained in human form, despite how excited he was.
"Sure enough I was right, he needs to understand the normal way and soon." Lyca murmured.
"So, what is it?" Hathor asked, clearly desiring it to be quick.
Lyca relayed everything about the recent interaction with the Loki familia's members. And how she was confused as to how Shurry had been able to see her, without seeing, and primarily without her even noticing.
"I see, that's interesting perhaps there's a-"
"Hold on, why does he get so aggressive around Amazonesses?" Demeter asked, clearly confused.
Lyca bit her lip, causing it to bleed a little, Hathor also grimaced, and both looked away until Hathor sighed… "It's not a story for the faint of heart. It's truly disgusting. If you agree-"
"Tell me! What happened to the adorable cutey!!"
Hathor explained in as quick and light of detail as possible. Every single thing she said caused a reaction in Demeter, one expressing revulsion of the highest order until… Hathor would explain something that was even worse… The cycle continued several times until the end, by which time Demeter's expression was unrecognizable. She, a goddess, the closest thing to an incarnation of beauty, was now definitively ugly crying.
"How could anyone do that to such an adorable child!" She sobbed. "Hathor, be the mother for him he never had! And you Lyca, you'd better teach him everything he needs to know about!" She demanded.
If someone was watching this as a play, they'd say she was really bad at hiding her emotions. It was difficult for her, but there was also the issue of her seal shaking a little bit.
"Hey, get a hold of yourself Demeter. Do not let that seal break." Hathor warned. "Besides, I already made that promise with Idunn. He's my little boy, and I will do everything I can to see him grow up to be a good man."
"Perhaps, a hero…" Lyca added.
Shurry came running back in with a plate of snacks. It was half gone by the time he arrived though. A miracle by all accounts, since he'd usually have devoured the whole thing in that short period of time. With crumbs, obviously coming from the snacks that were on the plate before, around his mouth he smiled, placing it down on the little table between the two goddesses. He took another one of the snacks, and munched down with glee. "Yummy!"
"Lyca here says she wants to take you into the woods for moonlit hunt. If you want to go, I'll allow it. You just promise me that you'll learn everything you can from the experience." Hathor said, picking up a snack for herself.
"I promise, Mommy!" Shurry threw his arms up excitedly. "Yay! Hunt, hunt, hunt, find lots of prey! Yummy, yummy, prey!" He said running around in circles… When his excitement reached its peak… He transformed.
"Oh my! He can beastify without the moon?!" Demeter exclaimed in shock. "That's…"
"Please try to keep this to yourself. He's bad at hiding it when he gets this excited. But, when I see that puppy dance he does… I can't bring myself to get upset with his inability to hide it."
"Well then, I suppose, you really will need some more resources to feed such an adorable child. If your familia can promise these items in exchange, I can alleviate some of your supply issues. My familia is more focused on agriculture, but we do have animal husbandry as well. Though to a lesser extent. I'll have them ramp it up a little bit."
"Well Shurry, you think that you could handle these?"
Shurry looked at the list, scanning it with his eyes, though the only thing on his mind was. Hunt hunt hunt hunt hunt hunt hunt hunt. When she noticed, Lyca took the list and let out a stifled giggle. "Of course he can get these floors. But, bringing them back up would be difficult without someone else, or specialized equipment. But, that can be worked on after the hunt tomorrow night. Save your appetite Shurry, actually you might not need to worry about things like that…"