Kittens!
They got moved into their kitty condo tonight, with no help from the condo itself, which proved to be aggravating as hell to assemble largely because the manufacturers' heads appear to be up each other's asses. My thanks to Sargon and his patience.
Fish is fascinated by them. She plays with them. And when I say "Fish plays with the kittens," I mean that in the same sense I mean "Fish plays with her stuffed mouse." She is not one hundred percent aware of her own size and strength, and she seems to see the babies as little toys she can roll around with and bite all she wants. She knows they are alive, and she knows they are cats, but they are also small and fuzzy and intensely biteable. Even
I want to chew on them. I'm not surprised she wants to bite. This is Fish. She bites everything.
Mostly, she just mouths their ears and tails. She is very good about stopping when I tell her to stop, and so I've allowed her to interact with them anyway, because they genuinely want to play with her, too. They approach her for it. I'm allowing this because they are getting pretty fast. If I don't get Fish used to them now and teach her to be gentle, I'm going to have problems when they start running in earnest. Small running things set off her attack instincts, and I don't want her taking after them if they dart away from me for a minute -- which they
will do.
Fish is being very patient and sweet, really. Viktor even crawled over and lay down next to her last night and started grooming himself when she did. She kissed him. It was really, really cute. I will try to get pictures next time.
For now, have some pics of the orphans snuggling, and some pics of them fighting, and a picture of Viktor in which he does not look like a runt.

Awwww! Viktor and Emelia love each other.
( Oh, so adorable! )So freakin' cute. They have toys, but really prefer to play with each other. I am so very glad that there are three of them, and that they play with one another, otherwise socializing them would be impossible!

Not that they appear that socialized, really.
Right now they are sleeping in a big, cuddly pile in their cage. I am so proud of my little ones. I know y'all must be sick of it by now, but, seriously, I've wanted to foster a pregnant mama cat since forever because I love baby kittens with a passion. Now I get my wish,
sans mama. They will only be with me for another handful of weeks. Not long at all! I intend to enjoy them while they are with me, and I want to save the memories, because it is all just delightful beyond belief.
How revoltingly
parental of me. Thank goodness I do not have
actual children.