The sound of burning thrusters is what wakes Ami from her nap. Four jets of flame push hot air into the soggy ground as her parents' space car arrives. The pamp is saved from any risk of ignition by how damp it is with Ami's urine.

Calyir holds her hand up to block the light of the setting star as she watches the cub's family land.

The vehicle reaches the ground a few yards away, sending ripples through the mushy terrain as its burners close in on the surface. The wave-like ripples bounce the lion cub up and down where she remains seated and still strapped into the giant diaper, much to her delight and amusement.

"There's our little troublemaker~" her father says affectionately as he steps out of the car towards a giggling Ami, "How was daycare today?"

"It was good, Papa!" Ami says with a beaming smile.

The cub's mother meanwhile approaches Calyir and offers the exhausted attendant a handshake. "Thank you so much for watching her," she says, "We hope she wasn't too much trouble."

"Oh, you know how cubs are," Calyir responds, looking over at Ami smacking her hands on her distended belly like a marching drum, "Though she's maybe a little on the rambunctious side."

Ami's mother laughs a little, "You could say that."

"And speaking of my little troublemaker," the mother turns to her cub, sitting in the soggy ground, "You, little miss, need a fresh diapey."

"Okay!" Ami responds cheerfully, energized by her little snooze.

CRINKLE CRK

The little lion's mother tenderly removes her from the planetary pamp. After carefully wiping down the little one's behind, she tosses the baby wipe haphazardly onto the ground. Not much point in worrying about littering on Solara anymore, really.

CRINK

Ami remains giggly as her mother reaches into her purse and pulls out a fresh diaper, which she quickly tapes around her daughter's waist. "There we go, nice and diapered up~" After a moment she turns to Calyir, "Well, for your trouble, would you like us to fly you home?"

"That'd be great, thank you," Calyir accepts the offer with a nod. 

Before she hops in, she turns to Tomi, who stands nearby, "What about you? Are your folks picking you up?"

"Yep!" Tomi replies, "My daddy will be here soon! Once he gets back from reforming, that is. He's the one who brought me to Solara today!"

"Well alright, then," Calyir responds, hopping in the backseat beside Ami. The cub is sat in a booster seat in the middle, with her belly resting on the console. A modified seat belt that reaches around her belly holds her in place, though Calyir is pretty certain at this point that Ami would just roll around, giggle, and eat the wreckage in no particular order if she were ever in a serious accident.

"Bye-bye!" Tomi waves to Ami, her family, and Calyir as they buckle up and prepare for liftoff.

SLORSH SPLASH

Ami waves back eagerly, her belly sloshing around in front of her as she does.

And with that, the group ascends, leaving the poop planet behind to float idly in space just where the populated Solara was before. Tomi watches the car become only a speck in the sky before disappearing entirely from view, and she sits down to wait for her own family to arrive.

It's a short flight back to the lions' home planet, and an even shorter one over the surface of it to the daycare where they park beside Calyir's own vehicle and say their farewells.

"See you later, Calyir! You have a nice night," Ami's mother calls as the supervisor gets out of the car.

"Thanks, you too!" Calyir replies.

"Thanks again for watching her!"

"Of course! Sorta my job, after all."

"Byyyyyyye!" Ami yells in a playful, innocent tone.

"Bye-bye, Ami," Calyir gives a smile and a little wave to the cub as she departs.

Ami leans over to peer out the window as her companion departs, watching her get into her own car and start the jets. She takes notice of the watching cub and gives her one last wave before lifting off and setting her course for home. She'll arrive home late again, but it's hard to complain when she's spending her day taking care of such adorable cubs. Seeing the little ones so happy is reward enough, and her paycheck isn't bad either.

"Alright, sweetie, to home we go," her father leans over the back of his seat to say in a voice that's a little brighter and more played up than it is when he speaks to anyone else. In a few moments, they're soaring towards home.

Blades of grass sway and lean away as the burners lower the car into the family's driveway. Ami's parents get out of the vehicle, and her mother then goes to help her get out as well. She doesn't really need someone else to unbuckle her at her age, but she's happy to be gingerly pulled out of the vehicle by her mother, who struggles to hold up her bathtub-sized gut in her arms.

SLOSH JIGGLE

But it's late, and the cub's mother can't help but will herself to haul her ravenous daughter inside and tuck her into bed despite the sloshing tub of idle acids adding to her weight.

She carries her little girl inside, past the dining room table and past the kitchen to her cozy bedroom where she places the cub gently into her crib. Ami's father follows the pair in, watching Ami squirm around on her sloshing belly and giggle about it excitedly.

SLOSH SPLASH

"Goodnight, Ami," her mother says lovingly, "Sweet dreams."

Her father shows his affection a little differently. "C'mere, goofball," he says, leaning over the crib to ruffle her fur with one hand and blow raspberries on her belly, sending ripples across the surface.

Ami giggles and squirms around in response, kicking her legs like mad. 

"Come on, now, don't get her all riled up, honey. She needs to sleep," Ami's mother says with an undeniable amusement audible in her voice.

"Just getting her energy out is all," her father responds with a chuckle, "She'll sleep easier that way!"

"Oh, you two," the mother sighs affectionately.

Ami's father rubs the back of his neck, "Well, it's about time we get to bed ourselves, honey."

"Of course~" his wife replies with a flirtatious undertone to her voice, giving him a little smile.

"Goodnight, Ami," the parents say in unison to their little one, who is presently getting herself comfortable on top of her waterbed belly. 

"Goodnight, Mama! Goodnight, Papa!" Ami replies back.

And with that, the light is flipped off, and the door creaks closed, casting the room in darkness broken only by the nightlight plugged in next to the crib. The little cub lets out a little yawn and is soon fast asleep, no doubt dreaming of more delicious gazelles.