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"Indeed. Upon finding myself pregnant I racked my brains trying to remember his face but in the end I had to hire an oracle to look for me. A few months of travel later, I found him again and we've been together ever since." Khira states by way of explaining their travel worn clothing.

"I don't see a problem with that, I promised Jake time with our rune-smiths anyway. I'm curious to see how our different brands of magic blend."

Khira's eyes brightened at the mention of a feast in her honor. "Ye don't know food till you've been part of a dwarven feast." She whispered to Jake. "Aye Father that sounds wonderful. But the meantime Jake and myself must freshen up and find new clothes." Khira laughs and pats her belly. "I fear none of my formal wardrobe will fit this..."

(Only festive/nice looking outfit I got xD)

"Better than I thought I was gonna get." Khira answers, waddling alongside Jake as they left the citadel portion of the underground city and headed into the common area.

"Aye, can't be showing up to dinner with you in torn up robe or me with my gut hanging out of my shirt." Nudging Jake left with her elbow, Khira guided him towards a squat stone building with wooden sign above its door. "Master Silkstone is one of the best tailors our clan has ever produced, he even made my father's ceremonially cloak which is a great honor."

"I'd know that voice anywhere..." stated somebody from within the building. Preceded by the clacking of his wooden cane on the stone floor, Master Silkstone hobbled out of his abode to greet the couple. Unlike most dwarves Master Silkstone looked his age. At nearly 700 years old, the master tailors lengthy beard grew down to his waist where it looped around three times, like a hairy belt. His snow white hair had been pulled back into a simple ponytail but his most surprising feature were his eyes. Master Silkstone was blind.

"Where be ye girly?" He asked, his head cocked as his listened for movement. "Here." She replied, continuing her slow waddle forward. "Ah of course, I knew that."

"Nonsense young man." Master Silkstone states, waving his hand dismissively at the mage's comments. "They don't call me Silkstone for nothing. My clothing not only lifts but will support as well."

With ease of a well practiced profession, Silkstone slowly shuffled around Khira (occasionally missing his mark and bumping into her large belly) taking her various measurements and making mental note of them all.

"Alright now for your hubby..." He comments, helping Khira off the stool and into a waiting chair. Shuffling back towards the stool, Master Silkstone bumped into Jake. "My, you're a tall one." He adds still unaware that Jake is a human.

"Eh, it isn't all that bad with you by my side." Khira said with pride as she casually patted her massive belly. "We'll just have to wait and see what crazy ideas my father thinks up for tomorrow. As for tonight we'll just do our best to fit into the bed I have in my old room. It might be a tight fit but that gives us that much better of a reason to snuggle."

Returning his kiss, Khira smiled. "Not unless you happen to be ruler of some mysterious hidden kingdom. I may not have told you before, but I have an older sister and she is first in line for the throne. Her and whoever she marries... or married. I admit I've been gone from home for so long I don't know if Father has already had married her off or not."

Like most clan based kingdoms, arranged marriages were quite common as they could be used to bind powerful families or political allies. In some cases they were even used to end family feuds.

"If she is still at home, I am sure we will see her at the feast tonight."