As she waited for his answer, she remembered how he had laughed when she had asked Christine if she had had birth and how he had responded to being adopted.<span style="font-style: italic">He has a beautiful laugh... and for his family to treat him in such a way... If I knew who they were I would find them and show them the meaning of hell.</span><br/><br/>Suddenly he spoke, "I understand. I do not know if that is true or not. I don't know much about my family history. My family pretty much disowned me when I started walking. When I didn't become "normal" for them. They kinda sorta raised me but for the most part after meeting Christine she mostly raised me."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">They will definitely learn the meaning of hell.</span>"You can have a drop of my blood." He said after a short pause.<br/><br/>Serenity nodded then took a sip of her wine and blood concoction. "While I can take your drop of blood at anytime you'd prefer, the ritual will have to happen on a new moon night. Since the last new moon was last week, we have almost a whole moon cycle to set up what little needs to be done and go more in-depth about the ritual. Also, I would suggest doing the adoption beforehand so I can give you two a blood bond as well. It would truly make you, mother and son."<br/><br/>As soon as she finished her last statement, Christine had tears flowing down her face. Christine promptly hugged me to my Eternal Sleep, before doing the same to Koda. Noticing that they needed a moment, Serenity left the dinning room with her concoction silently.<br/><br/>"Mon petite~!" Jared called to her as soon as he saw her exit the room.<br/><br/>"Yes, Jared?"<br/><br/>"I'm running out of spices and all of my helpers are too afraid to go and either search for some or go to the nearest town to buy some. Would you be a dear and go pick these for me?" He handed her a list of about twenty herbs.<br/><br/>"Can it wait until the morrow?"<br/><br/>"It can dearie."<br/><br/>She nodded. "Then I will do so for you."<br/><br/>"Thank you, Mon Petite~!" He hugged her before dancing, or skipping, away.<br/><br/>She sighed and walked out the front doors to sit on the front steps.<span style="font-style: italic">Christine will be good for him... I can already see that she is healing him...</span><br/><br/>She breathed in - though it's an unnecessary action - and sang,<br/><br/>"Saita nono hana yo<br/>aa douka oshiete o-kure<br/>Hito wa naze kizutsukeatte<br/>arasou no deshou<br/><br/>Rin to saku hana yo<br/>soko kara nani ga mieru<br/>Hito wa naze yurushiau koto<br/>dekinai no deshou<br/><br/>Ame ga sugite natsu wa<br/>ao o utsushita<br/>hitotsu ni natte<br/>Chiisaku yureta<br/>watashi no mae de<br/>nani mo iwazu ni<br/><br/>Karete yuku tomo ni<br/>omae wa nani o omou<br/>Kotoba o motanu sono ha de<br/>nanto ai o tsutaeru<br/><br/>Aa natsu no hi wa kagette<br/>kaze ga nabitta<br/>futatsu kasanatte<br/>Ikita akashi o<br/>watashi wa uta o<br/>na mo naki mono tame"<br/><br/><div style="margin:20px; margin-top:5px"><div class="quotetitle"><input class="button2 btnlite" onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = '';      this.innerText = ''; this.value = 'Hide'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerText = ''; this.value = 'Show'; }" style="text-align:center;width:100px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" type="button" value="Show"/></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">The blooming wild flower<br/>Ah, please tell me<br/>Why do people fight<br/>And hurt each other<br/><br/>The gallantly blooming flower<br/>What do you see from there?<br/>Why are people<br/>Unable to forgive each other<br/><br/>After the rain, summer<br/>Shifts blue hues to everything else<br/>Becoming one<br/>Swaying lightly<br/>In front of me<br/>Without saying a word<br/><br/>My slowly withering friend<br/>What are you thinking of?<br/>You donâ€™t have words, but just by those leaves<br/>You convey your love<br/><br/>The summer sun is hidden behind the clouds<br/>Swayed by the wind<br/>As the two overlap<br/>I will sing<br/>The proof that you have lived<br/>For those without even a name<br/><br/>-Euterpe by Egoist</div></div></div>