Ophidian smiled a bit and looked back into her eyes.<span style="color: #006600"> "it's not an illusion. our family may be wildly strange but my children love you, my mate loves you and i love you too."</span>he squeezed her tight and nodded.<span style="color: #006600">"and thank you for everything you do for our family."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ffff00">"yes, they are but also fascinating to watch."</span>Order smiled a bit and nodded, tweaking Empress' eye color.<span style="color: #ffff00"> "i find it aesthetically pleasing despite our shared lack of sexual attraction to these mortal forms. yes, for now we are just friends but now that i know Delithia will be okay i hope we become far more then that. yes, you need a new name... perhaps we should just do the naming ritual and see what comes up?"</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>