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"Wow, you seem to take a lot of abuse, don't you?" Progolo asked Kiran. "You're just lucky you don't have feathers, or Yaraif would be pulling them out. But anyways, I didn't realize that Trelweny was a mother. Then again...I don't really ask about things like that."

Yaraif tore through the plants, giggling at her own cleverness. Behind her, she heard Tien shouting something, but she couldn't quite hear her...

"Heke?" she called over her shoulder.

Well...she only managed to say "he-" before she suddenly collided with something hard.

Progolo smiled at Locke's exasperation, hardly suppressing a laugh.

"So, how old is the baby?" he asked.

Yaraif stared upward as three Tiens bent over her. She groaned, closed her eyes, and opened them again. The three Tiens sidled into one, who asked, "Teln san yegdre?"

"Uhhhh..." Yaraif replied, smiling lopsidedly. "Ow..."

She sat up with difficulty, rubbing her head. Whatever she'd run into had dissappeared. She distinctly remembered that it had been furry...

"Well..." Progolo mused. "Humans tend to live for a long time. It's a fair trade-off, I think."

He stood, with difficulty, to allow some blood to flow to his feet. "Hm...where did those kun-kun go?" he asked suddenly.

Yaraif was still slightly dizzy but appreciated the hugs just the same. She clambered to her feet. "Yauf all better!" she declared.

((Sure...I'll start to wrap it up. 3nodding ))

Progolo followed after Locke. Tien's voice sounded happy, so the two probably weren't hurt...but still...

"Ene..." Yaraif pouted. "Idme stay, disa!"

"Did you find them?" Progolo asked anxiously as he drew closer to the spot where he had suddenly stopped. He saw a little shimmer of blue wings...Tien. He smiled, relieved.

Yaraif jumped up and down with excitement. "Sek! Disa! Ride Locke! Nenemne~!" Her recent injury was forgotten for the moment.

Progolo looked amusedly at Locke. The cait seemed very patient to let such obnoxious creatures ride him. "Don't pull his fur, got it?" Progolo told Yaraif when he saw his kun-kun emerging from the plant life and settling next to Tien. "Once you're done, we need to go home."

"Yureshe..." Yaraif pouted.

Yaraif squealed with fear, but it quickly turned into a scream of delight. It was all she could do to hold on and laugh at the same time.

Progolo chuckled, striding after Kiran.

(( Shoooort. ))

Progolo smiled. "Needless to say, that doesn't happen very often..." he stooped and gently pried Yaraif off of Locke's back. "I do believe its time to go little one. You look like you could use a nap anyways..."

Yaraif had been giggling from the ride, but she stopped abruptly at the mention of going home. "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeene!" she wailed.

((new day... closer to current date.
-for my own reference this is after first getting to speak with Koniryu in the Turtle's Paradise tavern-))
Aiden carried Kiran on his back, glancing backwards from time to time at Trelweny pulling TheronDeVon in his red wagon. She had been driven to seatbelt him in & the audio rhetoric wondered if it might not have been easier had she brought him in the stroller. He supposed the wagon was more versitle, but keeping the toddler in its confines was a chore.

In a blur of blue-gray Tien rushed past his nose, nearly knocking his headphones out of whack. "Pelae! Where teln san?" With a soft smile Aiden swept a blue paw after the kun both playfully & as a show of displeasure. On his back, Kiran danced, singing along to his track. "I'm walking on sunshine! Woah-oh! I'm walking on Sunshine! Woah-oh!" I'm walking on sunshine! Woah-o-oh! & it's starting to feel good!!"

Chuckling softly, Aiden turned down the sound on his own music. His Highlander movies soundtrack was currently on "Who Wants to Live Forever?" & he always tried not to sing along much around Trelweny. Today was not a day for something so close to her heart. Why needlessly bring her down? Let her walk on sunshine with the persekitty.

Now that they were in the meadow, Trelweny let herself relax. They were well out of sight from the remains of the Kyendi Village tree. She had no interst in seeing the state of the once thriving & so much alive place. She could feel a difference in the area... it was inevitable with such a large living thing removed from it as well as those who once lived in its branches. Here however they could not see even where the great tree had once been from the other trees around the meadow. With a quirky smile Trelweny picked up her son's dropped sippy cup & gave it back to him. It was good to be back.

From his seat, Theron pouted in frustration. All of his attempted tantrums had been ignored & he was fed up with not being allowed out of the wagon. There was so many interesting & new things to see & explore & touch & learn! How dare he not be kept from them! He tossed his cup again angrily.

Trelweny stopped the wagon. "I think this will do." She smiled at those of her family that had joined her today. Well, those that were nearby. Tien was flitting about searching for her 'pelae' everywhere. Turning to release Theron she gve a small frown as her brow wrinkled. "Theron, where's your sippy this time?"

The nearly two year old grinned impishly & pointed one barely chubby hand. His mother followed his indication to some bushes beside the now unused kyunru shelter. Her heart fluttered a bit in sadness at its abandonment even as she glanced imploringly at Aiden. With a knowing smile he nodded that he would keep watch over the youngster while she fetched the cup. Unfastening the makeshift seat belt, Trelweny left Theron to Aiden's care.

A proud smile was slowly lifting the edges of her mouth by the time she reached the green & blue handled sippy. "How do you throw so far, little man? Practicing for quarterback or perhaps baseba..a.all?" Reaching for the cup something else green & blue caught her eye. It shone softly in the flickering light filtering through the bush covering it, flecks of gold barely able to be ascertained. Idly she picked up the cup & tucked a handle into the top of her skirt to hold it. Her eyes never left the egg, nestled against the wall of the shelter all but hidden by the protecting bush. Carefully, Trelweny slipped her fingers around it & lifted the egg into the sunshine. "Oh my..." She breathed in wonder. Eyes wide she carried it back to the wagon.

Kiran was leading Theron in a merry chase of 'catch the persekitty' while Tien -having given up its search for the moment- rode Kiran like a pony. Aiden glanced up from watching them, brow arching curiously. "What have ye found, lassie?"

"I think... I think it's a kyunru egg." Trelweny breathed at last, wonder in her voice. "I never thought I'd see another. Someone must have left it here to be found... but everyone's been gone. First from here, then from the Sabilasi Village tree." She was starting to ramble in her incedulous state, but still managed to glance away from the egg long enough to check on Theron & her other 'children'. Lightly Trelweny ran her finger along one of the thin bands of gold. "I think this is a rune... this egg has been runed."

With reverence Trelweny rearranged some of Theron's blankets in the wagon into a nest in which she set the egg. "We'll take care of it. I'm not sure how we'll handle its delicate hatching... maybe Myranda & Grundle will be able to help."