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Irvine was lying out beside the river near the cave. His coat lay out beside him along with his boots. He was wet but his hair was half wet, half dry as he had just been swimming and was now drying off. His gray eyes peered upwards through the canopy of the trees. Requiem and Nightmare laid in their sheathes not but two inches away from Irvine's right hand. He had his hands behind his head but if anything were to happen, he could reach for his swords in the blink of an eye. He was free from Heswina's control. Now his plan's could be put into action. But at what price? The price of a new life? Irvine sighed. He'd never be a father to Heswina's child. He though about it a moment longer then shrugged and smirked. It didn't matter. Irvine had one drive to live right now. End Xol's life. Now he could actually focus on that goal. No more distractions.

"Next time...it ends. For good."

((The silence is killing me!! stressed ))

Irvine listened to the running stream of the water as he trained. He was doing sit-ups at the moment and was currently on number 250. Somthing had been sparked inside of Irvine and he had the sudden urge to train and grow stronger. He had a feeling he'd need to be at the peak of his game when he fought Xol. He was training under an old rowan tree which provided some nice shade as he trained. After another 50 sit-ups he began to work on push-ups. He hummed an old song to himself as he did. After he couldn't remember the rest, he just listened to the streaming water and cleared his thoughts. Cold sweat fell down in beads down the side of his face as he continued his push-ups.

"..."

Heswina was sitting, cross legged, in the tree above Irvine. She watched him with idle interest. A thought came to mind. What was her child going to look like? She had already determined that she was pregnate, but only needed to wait until the child was born. But was it going to be a boy or a girl? Was he going to be strong and determined like his father? Or sly and crafty like his mother? Or will she be focused and driven like only Irvine could provide? Perhaps beautiful and seductive as her mother? No, she had already made up her mind. Should she have a daughter she would not let her turn out like she did. If the child was a boy, she would not let his father's mission interfere with her son's lively hood.

She watched Irvine dive into the stream. Would the child develop the phsyical strength of Irvine? Or the mental strength of herself? Would the child have the working of the One Power crafted into it's body? What of Irvine's little...past...with the underworld? Is the child tainted with some damned magic? Her cuts thought short as a new one came. Is this normal? For a woman to have these thoughts...was it normal?

"To a degree..." She paused a long moment, looking Irvine over. Would the child look like Irvine or herself? "I'm just thinking is all...nothing for you to worry about. I am a woman of my word, you are safe from my mental magics. So don't worry." She eyed him thoughtfully. Perhaps his powerful chin with her blue eyes? Blond hair...no, it would be black like the father's with dark eyes. She could change that...but why would she want to? She wanted a natural child.

"You can hear the information, should you choose. It is, after all, about the child...your child. I am simply thinking about it. What is it going to look like? Will it have magic like me or strength like you? Will it be a boy or a girl? Just...thinking." She didn't bother reading his mind, she didn't want to. She even went so far as to let her own mind wander on thoughts of the baby again. How long will it take? Will I be a good mother? How will I manage without the father to take care of the child when I cannot?