Forword is IMPORTANT

"Speech"

'Thought'

Mind communication

All the people of this story are of various different crosses between creatures such as dragons, cats, wolves, parrots... ect. They all hatch from eggs as well, but the eggs aren't 'born' the same way a bird or snake or what ever would birth it. One of the two mates get pregnant, and then 2 weeks later, while they sleep, the egg/eggs will form, tucked safely in the curve of the 'mothers' side. They all appear human, unless they switch to their other forms.

The term brother is used a lot here, but in the terms that many of them use it, it merely means that their 'mothers' used the same nest (they are born from eggs), and lived together since hatching. They might not even be directly related.

In this story, it is possible for certain males to give birth, so that explains why there are certain intendeds where both are male. Just as two females can be intended, though there is a difference as to how that works, only one of them carries the eggs.

Okay, so that's just a basic start so you're not all confused later on.