Vyre smiled at her mother when she returned and nodded towards the kitchen.<span style="color: #5900b3"> “She’s getting Chiren a snack. For such a small child her stomach seems bottomless.”</span><span style="color: #a64dff"> “Ras is with her. Chiren left her spoon at Ras’ house because she wanted to go back for desert but when she didn’t have it here Ras brought it to her.”</span><br/><br/>“I only mentioned your parenting after you attacked mine. But I understand your feelings and I’m trying to be sympathetic. The best I advice I can give for Belith and Chiren, she can teleport too but she hides it, is to just trust me a little bit. I’ll always watch over them and I’ll watch over your other children too, as much as I can. I owe you that much.” He stood up and walked over to put the beer into her hand. “The guilt is for everything. For the children, for the parents, for how I’ve treated you. I can feel the curse, yes, but I’m a grown man and I’m not going to use it as an excuse to be an asshole anymore. I know words mean nothing to you so I won’t waste your time with apologies, but I do want you to know that no matter what happens, you can at least count on me to help you with the hatchlings The’kal fucked with.” He moved back to the table and summoned a grape that he stuck on Chiren’s horn making the child gasp and try to grab it. “Be a good girl, Chi-chi. Listen to your mommy and be nice to Anna. Okay?”<span style="color: #9999ff">“Okay!”</span>“Ashia, if I ever get this curse thing dealt with I’d like to hit a bar with you some time.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>