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"Awww..." Eudora pouted, sulking a bit.

Cabel chuckled softly, reaching out to ruffle his daughter's hair. "No, looks like you can't keep him, dear," he joked. Thinking back to his own unusual 'birth', he smiled at Elizabeth. "Well, maybe he saw you first when he err...hatched. Either way, it seems that he's adopted you in any case. As young Pae tend to do around Telrunya, I think he's chosen his own home. Hopefully, you don't mind too much, or I'd offer to take him myself. I doubt he'd be too happy with that offer though."

Still, the child was unlike anything Cabel had ever seen. He was familiar with Angelics, Demonics, Fae, even Naiads...but the hooved child was something altogether new. He still carried the general traits of a Pae though, if of a species the male fae had never seen before. Though, with all the mysteries of Telrunya, why would that be so unheard of?

Eudora shook off her disappointment, preoccupied with the cutie 'hiding' just feet away from her. She giggled, leaning down and waving at the little tot with her fingers. "Hi there, sweetie! Can you wave? Say hi?"

"No," he says, proceeding to bury his face in Elizabeth's leg. He hugs her tighter, and after a moment he looks up to Elizabeth and makes grabby hands at her. "Up!"

Elizabeth sighs softly and picks him up, holding him on her hip as he hides his face in her shoulder. "No, I don't mind," says Elizabeth. "It'll just take some getting used to, having a child around the house." There goes her peace and quiet. Although she hadn't had that in a while, not since Amapola learned to speak.

"Ooh, isn't it exciting?" asks Amapola, grinning. "He's so tiny and sweet!"

A loud noise and a surging rush in the current were enough to bring the male back to his senses. Closing his gaping jaw, he started to turn toward the commotion, a sudden remembrance of the fear from moments earlier. However the boy was slow, too slow. Impact was inevitable, and the naiad was totally caught unprepared.

"OOMPH," Calder grunted as he was propelled out into the lagoon, receiving in the process a face full of water. Luckily he was a naiad or he'd be spitting and sputtering. He pulled his head back up out of the water, hair clinging to his face. He had just been ambushed! Some HUGE GIGANTIC EVIL THING had just barreled him over while shrieking like a banshee. Now... he was going to die; he knew it. But he was so young. So much life left to lead. This is what he got, he reasoned, for disobeying his mother and leaving the safety of the reef.

Turning, he pushed his purple hair from his face and found that this was no monster, but a female. She was approximately the same size as his mom, maybe a little curvier but in a good way. The difference was startling though; her skin was red and yellow like a fiery sunset. Her hair, like his mothers, was black as night and long, though she had it currently pulled back. Being never so near another naiad like this he was confused, surprised, and taken aback... let's just say the epitome of social awkwardness.

After a long wide-eyed, probably creepy to Serefina, sort of pause, Calder tried to squeak an answer and backpedaled toward one of the lounging rocks. Ok so she wasn't a monster... however was about three million times more scary to Calder than any monster would have been. Out of the frying pan and into her fiery wrath...

Coronus nooded back with a smile. "It would be a hard thing to move for I bet that it is really heavy any why do we have to change just because the island moved A lighthouse can be used by people who are not at sea just as well as people at sea. It could help your girl friend find her way to you." She then looked at Eclipse "or help us find our way to you." As they walked the ground sloly became softer and was getting between the paes toes. Coronus stopped for a second and pulled off her slipper type shoes holding them in one hand.

"Fine" Nitidu merely stated as she patted Cutter's shoulder before bringing her face in closer so that she could read what the note said. If distracted by something, say, reading, Nitidu could be very calm. And Cutter was there, and he was nice, so she'd be safe, right?

Arvid took a couple of lengthy steps in towards Saffron's mum and waved.

"Hullo there ma'am, it's nice to meet you," he said with a smile, then tilted his head at what she said afterwards.

"Oh, so do you know what's going on?" he asked.

Even though Texas had to wonder if they had already found the person who wouldn't be entirely clueless, Kane had a point. There had to be something, right? Hopefully, it wasn't Rais, because no one seemed very inclined to go to him for information at this point. "Alright, Headquarters it is." The demonic moved Vangelis around in his arms a little before standing to his feet surprisingly easily; this wasn't the first toddler he had lugged around like this.

Oh not the Headquarters. Erylia lived there. ...Well, he hadn't seen her in ages and he was naturally lucky, so he would naturally avoid her entirely. Criofan offered a somewhat feigned smile. "Alright, let's go to the Headquarters."

"Stop talking," demanded Magnus, before he started ahead to the Headquarters, even though he really hadn't a clue where the hell he was going in all of these trees. He was a man of action, not of indecision! Even if he was going in the totally wrong direction.

Criofan glanced to the direction where he had come from earlier and then turned to Magnus who was marching off in a different direction. So, he strolled over to Magnus, pinched his ear, and then dragged him behind him in the right direction.

"Ow ow ow ow ow."

Takeko nodded briefly. "Well, I can tell you about what I know at least." She then launched into a lengthy explanation about the changes on the Isle, such as the formation of the canyon where Chai'en River had once flowed peacefully, then making their way to the HQ where they learned the Isle had fallen into the ocean where they now floated. Then the arrival of the strange acorn...which gave way to a strange hooved Pae child who now played nearby with Melek.

"Sadly, we still have no official knowledge on just what the dear tot really is," she finished, shaking her head. "He seems to be a Pae'il though, as far as I can tell. Perhaps a race we've never seen before, as odd as that is." It had happened before...why not now?

Nodding briefly at his father with a smile, Saffron held back his greetings for later so that he wouldn't interrupt his mother while she spoke. He listened carefully as she related her own tale, shaking his head in disbelief as she finished. He peered over her shoulder for a moment where Melek and the strange toddler played. "A new race? Could it be really? But...where did he come from? The acorn I mean. It had to have come from somewhere and definitely not around here. We'd have seen them before," he reasoned logically.

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Kane rolled his eyes...crazy Pae with no sense of direction. He shot Faroth a quick glare, commenting darkly. "Hey, you...use your own damn hooves, hear me?" With that, he started shifting to tiger for the journey. It was easier to travel that way...plus, he had an excuse not to talk to anyone for a while. Win-win situation.

Faroth blinked at Kane, not understanding at first, then realization dawning as the demon turned tiger. "Aww...come on. I'm sure you could carry me easy! It'd be nothing for a big, strong kitty like you!"

A warning growl and a flash of fangs as big as Faroth's hands said otherwise.

"You're no fun," Faroth pouted, sticking his tongue out at the tiger...who cared little. Honestly, Faroth had no trouble with walking. He wasn't tired and he could easily keep up with the adults with his energy level. He just thought the idea of riding a tiger through the forest would be totally cool!

Maybe later.

So, scrambling ahead, Faroth took the lead for a bit...then paused, falling back. "Forgot I dunno where we're going," he chuckled.

Behind, there was a soft muffled sound...like a tiger's paw on his muzzle.

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Cabel nodded, explaining as best he could. "It's tricky and hard to know if the child finds its way to you. However, in this case, I think it's safe to assume he was just 'born', as it were, and probably doesn't have a name yet. So...it's up to you, I suppose, dear."

"Why's he got hooves anyway?" Eudora rambled, looking down at her own feet. "I don't have hooves. You don't either...so why's he got 'em? He looks like a baby deer," she giggled, making little waving motions to the tot once more, even if he didn't seem to like her as much as Elizabeth. "Someone's gotta' know something somewhere? Let's go ask! Um, um, um...I dunno anyone else in the forest who would know, so maybe at the HQ? They got all kinds of stuff there and people are always around somewhere. I've been there a couple times! Maybe someone there will know?"

Cabel shot his daughter an odd look. When had she been to the HQ? On one of her many wanderings was all he could guess...