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Donovan decided he probably didn't want to know what Ulani meant by that. The less the better, and less likely he'll do or say something Kara would whack him for later. It was a roomy house, but then again ti did have to hold four growing Seconds.





Ryu nodded at this, "Donovan is here with mother, Toshiro, Miyu, and the twins. Elnara and Lore are here to visit with their twins as well."

He suddenly felt himself pushed forward slightly as his sister leaned on his back and grinned over his shoulder.

"And Lin isn't here this time because she's off traveling the Southland and we don't know when she'll be back. Maybe in a few days or something."

Donovan chuckled, he barely recognized Aras even though she was the only blond female of her four siblings (they all looked different much easier to tell them apart).

"A hunt, but also we have two new fighters. Adult Seconds but they're not from the family, they're moving here and I need someone to help them settle as... they might have a hard time adapting."

He smiled, but it was the sort of smile that said he wasn't telling everything, he couldn't help but smile that way because he knew deep down if he said what was on his mind it wouldn't be nice. He was tring to be nice.

"Oh, and to clear things up I'm Donovan Lau. Part of the ever large Winters family."





"She'll have to get use to it," Ryu murmured, "She's a full adult now so she can travel wherever she wants- oof..."

He glared over his shoulder as he leaned over a bit. Feng was more or less on his back, and he wished she wouldn't do that.

"Can you imagine? It's going to be weird because she's going to be traveling a lot now and who knows she'll probably be gone for months and months... and...."
"Feng.... get off."

Naida giggled into her cup watching her mother and uncle's antics, causing bubbles to appear in her cider. She looked back and forth between the two.

Donovan watched Aras go absently, "Their names are Corrah and Armus, I don't know much about them to be honest... well except what I'm told but that isn't a lot."

And of course he had never talked to Idhril about them, though he wished she had talked to him about them though.





"Not really," Ryu replied finally managing to stand up straight and thereby knocking Feng back, "We both manage, it's not like we get in trouble. Not like we use to."

Which was one of the most grown up things Feng had done was curb down on the sanity but you had to get to know her to realize that.

"They're fun," Naida pipped up.

Donovan resisted the urge to whack himself on the head, honestly he was trying to be good! His wife would have been so proud of him!

"You know..." he finally replied, "I was trying to do the nice thing and not mention they have had a less than good reputation among other Seconds, and don't glare me it's not my fault blame Idhril this was her idea!"

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, this was becoming a mess, while the girls seemed to like him, the parental reaction was not good.

"There is only two of them, just those two, and I need someone to help damn well socialize them because they make Aragost look like a fricken social butterfly. Well... probably not Armus, she's good enough, but Corrah on the other hand needs people skills as well as communication skills. I can't ask any other Second, Toshiro doesn't like them, Miyu is terrified of Corrah, and Lin is prancing around the Southland, and even if she was here I probably wouldn't be able to get her to do it."

He sighed and shrugged his shoulders before admitting.

"She has her mother's heart but sometimes she's a bit too much like me."




"I guess it's too much to hope that they would stop," Ryu murmured, "And as far as I can tell Haven has been here for so long that... who knows what stories the humans are coming up about this place?"
"Or far fetched tales," Feng added, "I mean... look Alyse as a cute little girl! It has been a really long while."

She paused as if to think about it more.

"I want to know if there are any far fetched stories about Donovan."
"Why would anyone make any far fetched stories about Grandpa?" Naida asked innocently.

"Why do I have the feeling I don't want to know?" Donovan inquired even though it was purely rhetorical.

This was not a good way to introduce two people that he wanted Ulani and Ulrich to meet. He also wondered if he should be worried about the kids. He hoped not....

"Right just remember you two, I want you both to help socialize them. Just not spend time with them, let them know the other fighters, encourage them to interact with more people...."




"Probably not," Ryu agreed.

Which was just as well, Donovan would be happy to not have anyone know about him. He was that sort of private guy.

"All done!" Naida put the cup back on the table.

Donovan twitched, he swore if another person told him it was that straight forward one more time he might whack that person upside the head. Or not it seems to be only the girls who have been saying that.

"Thank the ancestors I am not going to be here during the adjustment period," Donovan muttered as he waved good bye to Niyana and follow the girls.

For some reason Donovan thought this could turn out either very well or very badly.





"It was very very yummy!"

She paused as if she was thinking about something, she looked left and then looked right, and then wiggled her butt a bit so she could look at Jasmine.

"Do you want to play? Let's play!"
"She's like a squirrel on coffee," Ryu commented watching the frightening bright smile Naida was giving at the moment.
"She can't be, she hasn't had that much sugar yet."

"Yea...." Donovan agreed, "If there are personality changes its subtle or you have to really think about it."

He could have swore that the mer twins hadn't changed, Ryu was born an old man and Feng was born like a young girl. Yue was still the ice machine of the school, and Yukito's sunny deposition had not changed at all. Even if it wasn't Seconds personality didn't seem to change overly that much. Triton may not be interested in traveling around, but he according to Kara was always mature.. and Lin actually followed through with her threat/promise in traveling.

"Sometimes they grow up too fast...."




"No!" both twins said together with perhaps a bit more force than they intended.
Feng looked at Ryu and for once sighed actually looking her age, "Mid Autumn often means sweets between the mooncakes and the sweets in Yukito's pocket I couldn't get her to sleep that night."

And worse yet Halloween was coming up, at least her parents didn't actually practice Halloween, but it was an excuse for Yukito to buy candy and anyone with a business would be capitalizing on the "holiday".

Naida slid off the chair but instead of hitting the ground she ended up floating a bit, but not so high since she wanted to be her new friend's height.

"Let's play! Let's play!"