Bran couldn't quite believe it. Several of Eztli's loved ones had tried that and<i>none</i>had been successful other than Cavan. Alek had had a deeper impact in their short time together than he'd realized. "Alek!" he called out in horror as he saw the boy go spinning like a rag doll, then he realized he had to get off the shrinking monster before he was sitting on top of his very small daughter, but that was easier said than done as she thrashed around in rage at the defeat. He managed to get his feet under him and leap off her shoulders, but her moving made the jump less than graceful and he tumbled across the ground. At least that got her attention on him and he managed to avoid her and keep her away from Alek and Meztli until she dropped to the ground and shrunk back into his little girl. He ran to her to make sure she was okay, then darted to Alek to check on him.<br/><br/>Æsc raised his eyebrows and sat up in bed, "F-family? Since when are we starting a family?" Something in the back of his mind told him to calm down, this was no reason to freak out, a family was a good thing, but he hadn't exactly been prepared for her to say that.<br/><br/>(of course not, still annoyed about that)