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Her face paled at the thought of that particular incident. "I think I did have a heart attack. I thought for sure he was dead..." Shaking her head as she started to shiver in response. His other statement drew her attention and she nodded. "Might have even had one of my own. I mean besides Vale although I consider him my own."

"I don't think he wants you involved anymore than you have to be. And he definitely doesn't want your mother involved so he sent you here to keep an eye on you." Her fingers slid down around his hips and under his tunic, brushing against his bare skin gently. "You're welcome to sit here as long as you like. My fingers are restless so they're just going to climb all over your body as long as you do."

"He surprised me a lot in the early days. Knew more than I ever thought he possibly could considering how he'd been raised." Shaking her head and turning into his embrace. He was telling her what he thought she wanted to hear and she appreciated it but she knew it wasn't possible. "Except my age and fertility. By the time I get anywhere close to getting pregnant, I'll be too old to go chasing after the bundle of joy. And it's not fair to bring a child into the world if I'm not intending on being an involved parent." Besides, she'd never even tried to have a child because she wasn't True Bonded to any elf.

"You've had a busy couple of days, Khai. I had plenty of rest back at Twilight but you had hardly any between being concerned about me and dealing with other things. So you need to just lay down and I'll stay with you while you reverie. Then maybe later we can go for a walk or something. I've missed it here."

She poked him in the tummy and snorted. "You also don't have to carry the child for a year, bear it, and then hear it call you Mommy for the rest of it's life. You'd get to be Daddy which means you'd be the protector and teacher, not the nurturer." Tilting her head and then studying him. "Did you want children of your own, Ty?"

"Malikhai..." Kaelin suddenly thought better of lecturing him and simply shook her head. He wasn't in charge here and nothing was going to happen but he was on pins and needles and nothing she had to say was going to change that. That was pretty clear to her right now. "And we can visit the butterflies." Pausing a moment and rubbing his back, over his tunic this time. "Are you sure you're going to be okay?"

"I didn't say that either. You get the stress of watching your wif-" cutting off for a moment. "Well, watching her stress out and go through the pain. And if you're bonded to her...it's even worse so really the Cafellians have nothing to go on." She grew a bit pensive over his answer, recognizing the same longing she had. Yes, he had wanted a child but hadn't had anyway of getting one. She suspected he was a lot like her in that she didn't want to have a child just to have one, but wanted to be bonded to a partner who would be there for her and the baby. Plus, there were probably many women who would bear his child simply because of the ability to exploit his position and the advantages that child would receive. "Maybe someday..." Patting his hand with a sympathetic smile.

She wanted to argue but thought better of it and simply followed him down to the gardens where the butterflies were as plentiful as any other time and Dhairiss was nowhere to be seen. At least not in her current vicinity. Kaelin giggled as a butterfly landed on her shoulder and then another on the top of her head. "I wish we had these down in the Underdark. I guess they need the light to live?"

"Who says you're not?" Giving him a smirk since they both knew that he wasn't and she was just teasing him. He had his moments where he could be less than kind but they were always warranted and almost never over the top. "I will say this, if I could pick anyone to be the father of my baby, it would be you, Ty."

Kaelin's ears twitched at the younger elf's voice and she pushed through the bushes and flowers and such until she found Dhairiss. Kneeling down beside him, she watched the majority of the butterflies on her transfer to him. "Probably not. Your mom is pretty good about that sort of thing. Are you okay, Dhairiss?"

Hey look, we found a wormhole...and ended up ten years later!



"Yes to this one. No to those three, and tell Arrowheart that I want a different green for the solar. I thought the ivy would work with the current furniture but it's not quite what I imagined. It turns a rather disgusting color right when the sun shines through the windows." Lark glanced through the rest of the correspondence on the small writing desk she'd taken over and waved off her assistant's questions. "Then tell her to meet me here tomorrow afternoon and we'll discuss it. I entertain too much to have an ugly room. Is that all? Good."

She was tired, far more tired than normal and finally dismissed everyone and stood at the window, gazing out over the land that she now ruled beside her husband. Yes, she now had the title of Queen and the tattoo on her cheek to prove it. And she had cried all night in Nyc's arms after it had been put there, too. He'd taken care of a lot of those little hurts that had shown up over the last couple of years since they'd gotten married. She found herself wishing he'd pop up right now but that was impossible since he was attending a council meeting without her. She'd chosen to stay home since she'd been feeling rather tired lately and he'd only gone along with it because she'd insisted and she knew she had looked pretty bad two days ago. She just needed a break...and right now the sun was working wonders to provide it.

Lhia, on the other hand, was feeling like she'd just been thrown onto the sun and then allowed to float gently back down to the plane. She and Ty's relationship had blossomed over the last ten years in ways even she hadn't quite been able to predict. Brigade had reacted pretty well to it all and Lhia no longer heard 'Master's whore' echoing through the hallways. The first time Syrinne had said it, she'd cried. Then she realized it was jealousy and enjoyed her relationship with Ty even more. He'd opened her up, allowed her to feel comfortable in her own skin and even the way she reacted to him and felt about him. Stirring from the in-between place she'd gone, she snuggled deeper in his arms, tilted her head back and smiled at him. "I love you, Ty." First time in a long time that she'd ever uttered the words. But it felt right and was right.

Are stumbled into the room as she almost slammed into the girl that was leaving. Still had very bad timing. A shake of her head as she had righted herself and she came over to stand next to a partially zoned out Lharika. "I was surprised that you weren't going to council. Nyc said you hadn't been feeling so well." Pulling a letter out of the scarf around her neck, she seemed to hide all her things in there, and held it out. "From your parents, nothing important, just idle checking." Rocking on her heels lightly and looking out the window. "You should open it. The window I mean. There's a nice breeze today."

They were taking some personal time together, because he was Brigade Master and he said so. Well, he'd like to say that but in reality he was recovering from an incident that involved a young recruid, a staff, and his head. He was missing the council today, but Lhia had insisted that he take a day to himself and relax and had already sent Vale to sit in his place and take notes.

Which wasn't such a bad idea on her part as it meant they could just be lazy together today and enjoy each other. Which he was making the most of, despite cranial injury. He was fine anyway. He had to admit though, he was surprised to hear those words come out of her mouth that made his ears twitch as if to listen closer. However he just grinned at her in teasing fashion, "I thought we didn't use words?"

"You would be guessing correctly." Indeed she was sitting lazy like at the table with her arms crossed on it and resting her head on her arms. It wasn't uncommon for her to spend the night at Gale's place, especially since Nillrik didn't demand her complete attention anymore. "You have fresh ones right? I don't want ones that have been sitting in your pantry or on ice for days on end."