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Faolan looked up at her, his ear still pressed to her belly. "Aye?" He noticed how tired she looked and moved to lay beside her, stretching his long body out next to her. "The bairns are already wearin' you out, are they? Want me to hold you awhile so you can take a nap?"

Faolan rolled onto his back, pulling her over to let her use him as a pillow. "Magic use can be exhaustin' true enough. I'm sure the bairns got somethin' to do on it, too."



Zia slinked back in and set bag of cotton candy on the table, opening it for Rhian to enjoy. "Are they doing better now?" It sat down at the table and popped open a beer from the case it had brought back for Fao--whenever the man felt like coming out to get it. Taking a sip from the bottle, it looked back at the bedroom door. "They seem quiet."

Faolan watched his wife awhile, stroking her hair, before joining her in sleep.


"Weird things?" Zia looked at its sister, then back at the door, frowning in thought. Ellandra could do magic now? Well, that was certainly going to be an interesting twist with the twins. How long had it been since the last time she'd done it? Too long, almost. Taking another sip of beer, it stood up and padded silently on bare feet to the door. Peering in, the alter watched the two humans sleeping for a bit, then came back to the table and set the bottle down. "They're asleep. If you promise to be quiet--and I mean absolutely quiet--then I'll go in and do a reading and see what's going on with them."

"And paws off the beer, lass," Ziazan said softly, gathering her up to perch on his shoulder as it carried her into the bedroom. It watched the humans curled up together awhile before finally reaching over to rest a hand on Ellandra's belly, always liking to check how the little ones were doing first.

"Rhian, their hearts are beating. Can you feel that?" Zia whispered, eyes a bit wide, hand still on Ellandra's belly. It looked up at its sister. "What are you wanting to know? What's going on with our parents or what's going on with the babies?"

Zia furrowed its brow in concentration. "I think Mama was able to use magic to heal Da's hurts a bit. His busted lip is healed, so I can only assume she did that." Moving to crawl up on the bed, it leaned over to touch Fao gently, fingertips ghosting over the man's chest, then settled back to standing by the bed. "Yeah, that's what happened. Mama's mixed blood must've been showing through a bit 'cause she was sad that Da gets beat up a lot." It moved to put its hand back on Ellandra's belly, checking on how the babies were doing. "They seem to be developing alright. One feels like a boy and the other feels female. The boy's eyes feel . . . strange. Maybe not yet developed properly. Probably nothing to worry on." It looked up at Rhian to see if she wanted to know anything else.

Zia nodded, walking quietly back to the front room and motioning for Rhian to follow. "I'll monitor it. If it seems like somethin's really wrong, then you can tell Mama, okay?" It sat back down at the table and picked up the bottle, taking another drink, watching the bedroom door. First fight it had known the couple to have and they seemed to be doing alright afterward. Maybe they'd be alright.

"Might be best to let Faolan tell her if something's wrong with the bairns, lass. He's already got an idea that something is wrong and what, he just . . . doesn't wanna tell her either. If the boy's eyes are bad, I'll let him know and he can tell her." Zia looked at the beer bottle in its hand, then shrugged. "Tastes alright. Gives you sort of a floaty feeling if you drink enough. I think Fao drinks it to relax."