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He let out a sigh, "...I...its not that hun,...theres just certain things I can't put out of my mind." He looked back to her, eyes cast down, "I mean...first of all, theres a few Aven customs and binding laws that need to be discussed. Though beyond that...I can't stop thinking about the child itself. The birth...complications...possible...mutation. I can't get it out of my head hun."

He shook his head again, rubbing his temples, "I just can't stop thinking about it hun. What if our genes don't mix well? What if something happens to the child? I just can't see the future...not for this..." Despite his better judgement Tac dropped a little hint, O Ye of little faith, shut the ******** up.

Sent fell silent aain, this timetrying to solidify his stance. Trying to know what he wants. Down below Tacitus and Aetas aren't exactly being the best of buds, though nothing could be heard from them above.

"I'M TRYING TO SAVE THEM SOME PAIN!"

"SHUT UP! YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY CHANGE THE FUTURE. IF YOU DO, SO HELP ME...MYSELF, I'LL FIX WHATEVER DAMAGE YOU CAUSE!"

"DON'T YOU GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEM?!?"

"OF COURSE I DO, BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE THE TIMESTREAM. DO YOU WANT ANOTHER CASCADE?"

"I DON'T GIVE A FLYING ******** ABOUT ANY TEMPORAL CASCADE, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THEM. IN MY TIMELINE SHE WAS TRAPPED HERE AND DIED OF COMPLICATIONS. WE. COULDN'T. HELP." He slumped down, exhausted from yelling, tears streaming down his face, "I couldn't help them....I wasn't strong enough....Aetas...I can't get the sight of that child's lifeless face out of my mind. Help me...."

~~Excuse a brief interlude from the Sent-Mystina conversation~~

Aetas crouched down next to Tac, "I....I just don't think we can. This area is unstable as far as the time space continuum goes, changing anything could result in serious complications. They might not even make it until birth." Tac shook his head, "You don't get it. They die. They all die! EVERYONE DIES!" Aetas fell backwards onto his hind quarters, "What do you mean everyone dies?" Tac hung his head, "Everyone. Dies." Aetas looked up to the ceiling, and then back to Tac, shaking him violently, "Look at me! What do you mean?" Tac shook his head, laughing as if he were a bit off his rocker, "It didn't....didn't start because of me. It ended because of me. I started and ended the Cascade. Its all my fault...have to clean up my own work...nearly killed them here too, never would have known. Easier on them....yes. Maybe...maybe it shouldn't have been stopped..." Aetas glared at him for a moment before decking him. He slowly stood and kicked the unconscious body, "You sir, are a wacko." He shook his head as he made a small leap, grabbing onto the floor above and pulling himself through.

~~We now return to Mystina and Sent~~

As Aetas pulled himself through Sent's attention was pulled away to him, "What is it?" Aetas looked down for a moment, "If its no trouble...I'd like to postpone the birth. Slow the pregancy down."

Tac banged his fists on the ground the floor below, floating on the edge of consciousness, "No...nonono NO! This is how it went last time...all those years..."

Sent looked back to her with a slight smile, "Theres no one I'd rather start a family with." Aetas clasped his hands together and rubbed them back and forth, "To work then! Mystina, I'll need you to lay down flat, and I'll need Sent to leave the room and seal the door. Its merely for temporal interference. When sealed this room cannot be affected by any outside temporal source." Sent nodded and gave her a quick kiss, "I'll be just outside, luv." He lifted her up with his powerful wings and gently set her down in the chair as it reclined to a flat surface much like a bed, himself leaving moments later.

Down below Tac shook himself from his stupor, pulling Caritas from her holster and shooting a stim into his arm. He stood there dazed for a moment before rushing for the door. He had to get up there before the door was sealed.

Sent paused and came back, kneeling down next to the chair and giving her a hug, not only with his arms, but his wings as well, giving her a long, loving kiss. As he pulled away he whispered into her ear, "It'll be ok hun, I'll be right outside." He gave her one last look before closing the door, starting up the process of sealing the room. Tac, meanwhile, was dashing up the stairs, out and around the pinnacle of the lower tower "Not again. I won't let him do it again!"

Aetas watched the door, "I must wait until the door is mostly sealed to begin." He motioned towards the door, twelve glowing sigils had appeared on the wall around it in a ring, slowly rotating around it on the wall, each one lighting up slowly, which led to the next, and so on and so forth. Sent was on the opposite side of the door, concentrating on keeping the process going. Tac had just reached the base of the upper Tower. He felt like he had the entire future riding on him and him alone, which wasn't far off. The entire upper Tower represented the future. I'll never make it in time. He glanced around, nothing could help him...too high to climb the stairs...the door would be sealed long before he could get there. Teleportation was out of the question, there was no path directly up, and he couldn't go up and drop down. He began sweating, his knees buckling, "Can't happen again....not again. Gotta...gotta stop it."

Aetas placed a bandaged finger to her lips, "Please, keep quiet. The child will grow at a slow rate, but once you leave the temple grounds if a year has passed while here, it will mature at an extremely fast rate, months in the span of hours. The child can stay in your womb almost indefinately. It will either be born after you leave or when you chose, given my consent, here at the Tower." Sent had sealed 6 of the sigils. Tac had fallen to his knees and curled up in a ball, "I promised....I promised him....Can't keep it....Oh God....I can't help them...."