Kitori quickly threw together the stew and adjusted the heat, then returned to Ophidian's side.<span style="color: DarkRed"> "It'll be healthy but it'll probably taste bad, soldier gruel was never anyone's favorite dish, but thankfully we have each other for desert to make up for it." </span>She nodded after a moment and smiled.<span style="color: DarkRed">"I thought you'd say that, but it'll be for the best really. I want you to do it before you go to war, that way when you come home from the war you'll be there with me when it's time to lay the egg and prepare for it hatching."</span><br/><br/>Nyaka pulled Sellendra onto her lap and kissed her.<span style="color: DarkOrange"> "I think I could manage to carry you down the hallway if it means you feel better and get the rest you need. I may not be very strong but let me worry about moving you to bed afterward, okay?"</span>She nodded and kissed Sellendra again.<span style="color: DarkOrange"> "I do want you naked, but you'd rather sleep with some clothes on so I'm going to let you."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>