Britomart smirked at him as she sat at the kitchen table.<span style="color: #ff0000"> "no, i am hungry and i want a meal and if you make another remark about my weight i will kick your ass so hard you will be able to lick my toes from the back of your throat."</span><br/><br/>Kuro sighed softly and pulled away enough to look Iron in the eyes.<span style="color: #0080ff">"Mistress has never intentionally hurt me. her punishments tend towards embarrassing more then painful because she knows i was horribly, horribly abused when i was a young... she might make me blush so hard my head feels like its going to explode but she will not hurt me."</span><br/><br/>Whisperia looked at Karren for a moment before she nodded.<span style="color: #330066">"alright, then i want you to let the whole thing go and just be with me. i don't want to hear this silliness anymore, i just want to love you and be with you. i am so happy to see you healthy again that all i want to do is enjoy my life with you in it again... talking about making it up to me only reminds me that you were hurt and out of my arms for far too long."</span><br/><br/>Azu pouted at him and then nuzzled into his chest.<span style="color: #ffa64d">"you are so mean, teasing your poor sore birdy like this for fun... i should bite you."</span>she squeaked in surprise before she curled up on his chest to cuddle him.<span style="color: #ffa64d">"yes but there will be so much more for my chicks to learn... i want them to learn numbers and how to read and how to do so much more then i can do. i want our chicks to curl up in my lap and read to me so that i can feel so proud that i cry as i hold them."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>