Unexpected
No, Storie did not have six pups as everyone had been expecting. Instead of that number, she was actually carrying twelve of them. They were in shock. None of them anticipated this turn of events.
Disbelief
You can’t blame any of them for being shocked about what they just learned. It was far too much. Still, there was no time to linger on this since there was something more urgent that they had to take care of. They wanted to know if it was going to have any negative impact on Storie.