Willow held onto her husbands arm as they walked into the town following the path till they found the general good store, â€œBuck you think Shade will be alrightâ€ â€œNow woman I dun told you him and that kitten of his will be just fine, I am sure they will stay in the bed and sleep for the time we are gone, young looked like he went through hell and I have no clue what happened to him to get that kind of injuryâ€¦â€ â€œI know buck I just worry is all I mean we have never had children so I guess its kind of nice to pretendâ€¦ you know..â€ â€œI know Willow I know.. just donâ€™t worry to much about him,â€¦ he is a sterdy well built man. He will be fine even when he leaves us Im sure.â€ â€œAlright Buckâ€¦ Uhâ€¦â€ Willow stepped back some as she saw the woman coming toward them.<br/><br/>Buck fiddled with his glasses as he looked to the picture, â€œYeah, that looks like the man I found yesterday. Poor soul looked like someone tried ot beat him to deathâ€ â€œGoddess bless his kind heart, donâ€™t tell me Shade is in some kind of trouble. I mean how well he treats that kitten of his.â€ Buck looked to Willow then back to the woman before them. â€œThe man in that picture is staying at our farm he was hurt pretty bad and so I brought him up and Willow here has been tending to him..â€ â€œBoyâ€™s got a good hunger on himâ€¦ â€œ â€œWillowâ€¦â€ â€œSorry..â€ â€œAnyway, as I was saying. Is there something you need from him Little Missy? After we get our feed for the goat and chickens weâ€™d be happy to take you to himâ€¦â€ Willow nodded to her husband.<br/><br/>â€œHold still Hichi..â€ Shade commanded as he held her tiny face in his fingers while cleaning it with a damp tissue, he wiped tried milk off her and washed her over like her mother would have done. Then slowly he stood and made his way downstairs his body aching something horrid as he stepped into the back yard and sat the snowflake on the dirt. â€œNow go onâ€¦Iâ€™m watching ya..â€ he said as he sank down holding his side. His body meant to handle pain when his magic can heal it but, not when that pain can not be fixed by magic so this was something he was having a hard time dealing with. He watched as his baby girl made her way through the dirt and tinkled over by a mushroom that was bigger then she was. He chuckled as she turned and started heading back to him, till she must have gotten lost when he stumbled over a daisy poking out of the ground and let out a help me mew. â€œI got youâ€¦â€ he was easily able to lift her with his foot and bring her to his form. He watched as the clouds rolled past just sitting out side licking his thumb he again cleaned his baby and relaxed.<br/><br/>A little time passed and Shade stood returning back to the room upstairs with his little girl close at hand. He sat her on the bed as he himself laid down and stretched. â€œThat was a nice outing..â€ he smiled. Willow opened the door leading Lani in â€œCome on in Miss Lani and make yourself right at homeâ€¦â€ Buck was out back putting away the feed. The couple had introduced themselves on the walk back. Willow looked at the stairs, â€œIf you head up them and go to the last door on the right youâ€™ll find Shade.â€ She smiled to the woman. Shade stretched and relaxed against the pillows holding his side firmly as he watched Hichi prance around the folds of the blankets beside him