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Samson waved good bye to them and went back into his house to continue with his work. He wanted to finish it so he could help out Janis and Cornelius later. So he started now working on it as fast as he could.

Cornelius led Janis away from Samson's and stated, "I think there's a set of stairs carved out of the rocks here somewhere in the canyon. I hadn't told you about it yet, but I'd like to walk to the village, just to see how you do on your feet for prolonged periods of time." He moved his hand so it rested on her waist and asked, "Would you like to climb said stairs?"

"Don't worry worry..." Cornelius stated as he his hands behind and held her from behind her back, "No matter how big you get I'll be sure to support you. I can understand why you can't see you're feet at all. Your belly's so big, and I know it's scary, but I think if you've put on this much weight... Well, I would think you're quite healthy I hope. You may fall over due to this, but that's why with every wife there's a husband or someone else to help out." He wanted to support Janis, but he was unsure if his words were supportive. She sounded slightly reluctant to go up the stairs. But he led her to the bottom of them and looked up to the way tip toe of the side of the canyon. There must have been over five hundred or so, though he was sure they could make.

Cornelius hugged her around her waist and said, "I won't let us do that again... I was afraid you'd fall so I was probably more reluctant than you to let you go up them. I suppose that's why we stopped at the bottom before heading up."

He took it upon himself to help her sit down on the ground, lowering her very carefully down to the dirt with his arms, and pulled off her shoes once he finished speaking. He then pat her belly and calmed her by rubbing her back.

"Um, hey, Janis, I know you're half way through your pregnancy now. But do you think it was a good idea for us to have this many children? This stair climbing exercise has really shown us your limits, and well, since we're going into town with you like this I'm wondering if it's okay for us to do so." he voiced in concern.

Cornelius stopped rubbing her back an said, "If you really want to go home I suppose we can. I don't feel like going to town myself either since I feel really tired, but we should try to go there soon. I don't know why, but I think people would find it weird if you stay away from that place too much longer."

Cornelius shrugged and thought of a crazy idea as he sat with Janis. What if they took the opportunity to multitask in order to sleep and travel around. "What if we slept here for a few hours or so and then went into town."

Cornelius lay down next to her and voiced, "If they do I'll be sure to correct them." He tried to press as close as he could to Janis to snuggle up with her, but with as big as she was he simply laid his arm over top of her belly and sighed.

(I'm thinking we should do a time skip maybe...)

(You can do the time skip, and however far you want. Since Janis is in month eight or so of the pregnancy I don't think we should try to go over a month's time skip at all if we were to do anything that drastic again.)

Cornelius walked into the cave house he and Janis shared carrying a twenty foot long piece of lumber and had a happy glow in his eyes. He had enjoyed visiting town last month and the girls he had met, including May. Although the town was seemed reluctant to have him and Janis as neighbors they at least tolerated, or so it appeared.

When he entered the cave he walked down a long slope towards the back of the house. Over the last month, he had gathered large timbers to put into the home to make sure the cave kept itself stable and did not alter too much due to weathering. He wanted to keep their house in pristine condition. As he approached the back of the cave, he looked around hoping to find Janis, but upon not seeing her walked over to a square hole carved into the ground. He set his long timber piece into and smiled as the propped up plank connected with the floor and ceiling. The cave was sure to last them a long time.

But only if not too many children wandered about the house. Still after having asked her about it a month ago Cornelius was extremely worried about Janis's size. As of now, Janis was so big he figured she could not transform back into her human form and had trouble moving around. These were only assumptions though since he had let her keep to herself the past month to get accustomed to the house as he finished building it with her help. He was sure Janis was happy; although, Cornelius had proven to be an extreme worry-wort.

One thing he had done though was destroy the magic pills he had been giving to Janis in the past to help her gain weight and adjust to herself. Cornelius figured she was more dragon than human now that she did not need them anymore and that she was eating enough as it was. He was glad she hadn't started asking for extra special treats yet, but one day was wondering if she might ask for a crazy food like peanuts pickled and wrapped in salami covered in ice cream and baked in a pot pie crust.

He had no idea where he had gotten this food concept from. Somehow though women seemed to eat this kind of food. It made him shiver in fear of how he might collect such strange items and mix them, but he was willing to try.

Cornelius turned around and an rubbed one of his hooves against her scaly skin on her cheek. At times, he hated having hooves instead of claws because he did not feel he was a real dragon, but he supposed Janis dealt with it. He liked the idea behind her suggestion since he had carried the log from a place two mountain ranges away from them.

"Janis, when I take a break, what do you want us to do? Sun bath? Swim?" He still wondered what Janis could do now that she was so heavily pregnant. she could clearly not fly anymore. Her belly almost touched the ground, and he was not sure she would like to go do something like eat. All she did now was eat as she waited for the final months of her pregnancy to draw closer. Soon, he hoped she would lay a visible clutch of eggs in the spot he had put in cave support beams and get nice and comfy with the new family they were to have.