"My children feel safer with the maidens. Please, let them bring them here instead of your disciples. The wetness might scare them." Mira spoke first before the shaman could signal his disciples to get her babies. "If it is not against the tradition." She immediately added.
At the moment, she felt that her son would cause the most trouble.
The shaman agreed. He gave a slight nod and gestured to his disciples to stay then gestured for the maidens to come.
Over the weeks of the planning, Ming Tao and Mira had chosen names for their children. The names fitting their personalities, well, almost, and they had told the shaman about it prior to the ceremony.
The shaman and his disciples walked to the edge of the hill. Mira's three maidens followed. The shaman stood in front of all of them. The evaporated steam had already proven the cheetah cub's lineage but the shaman needed to announce it.
"They are true borns of the Mighty Cheetah and his rightful mate." The shaman announced.
