With the kids off at the shore but still close by and your hand in my hair, I do start to relax finally. I love the feeling of you playing with my hair and my head on your chest, but I still watch our little ones, afraid of what could happen if we look away again. I know that I have to calm down, but it's like asking me to stop caring. It feels impossible to do. The news of the situation outside the city isn't comforting, I've been too much of a house wife lately to truly be in touch with the reality outside our little world. You turn me and kiss me, and it definitely helps relax me. Your touch always does. "I love you too Papa Duke. I don't see why Teth wouldn't take them, she adores them greatly! I'm so glad her and Storm agreed to be the support parents in case anything happened to us. But you're right, it certainly won't be any easier for sure to be the touchy and affectionate pair we are with three pairs of feet running around, but we've always found a way to do so before, no reason we can't once we're outnumbered. We should make room more for touches and holding, there's no reason we can't now love."
I think for a moment before laughing and smiling. "I remember the first time we came here! We'd been in Quezalici for, oh, about a month or two I think? I was around the 8 months mark carrying Ana and I was determined to walk along the coast. We hadn't set up the little grassy garden behind our home yet and I was so tired of sand everywhere that I was going to find a blade of grass somewhere! You tried to convince me not to, then tried to get me to ride Spirit, but I refused until I got tired after just 10 minutes! We slowly rode the coast until we found this area. Then I was determined all over again to feel the grass between my feet!" I laugh hard at my own stubbornness. "We sat here for what felt like hours, it was so blissful just cuddled up to each other, holding hands, making out, walking through the waves, picking up shells, it was perfect! I think that was also our last adventure outside the city we had just us. If I remember correctly, I believe I started having false contractions that evening, so we decided to stay close after that. Do you remember dear?
There's quite an advantage for our time in our pre-child days, there's no doubt, but I love them so much," I turn to look at the kids for a long moment before turning back to you with love-filled eyes, "I couldn't imagine life without them now. Oh! About them love, well Ana in particular. She idolizes you and she's showing a lot of signs of wanting to fight, especially in melee like yourself. I think she wants to follow in your footsteps. She is five years of age, and as nervous as it makes me, I think it's about time she starts learning how to spar. Maybe even get her her own small set of leather armor. The leatherworker is so in love with Ana, she did volunteer that all we have to do is ask and we can have her geared in three days time for a miniscule fee. What do you think love? Do you think she's ready?"