Chiren poked her head out from under the couch and shook it<span style="color: #9999ff">. “Chi-chin didn’t take! Belith poofed on eating table and took burny dust. Belith took us into eating room after Momma Anna closed it. Don’t take Chi-chi’s snacks!” </span>The hatchling whined softly in Anna’s arms and tried to wipe her face and nose. When she got wet her scales turned blue and she partially blended into the sink, but every time she sneezed she would turn a rainbow of colors before turning blue again.<span style="color: #5900b3">“At least one of them will learn not to play with pepper.”</span><br/><br/>Ras sighed softly as he listened and looked down for a while. “You’re right on all counts, and yes, that’s why I try so hard to cook new things for Ibara and why I suffer her mother. I want her to see that there is plenty of life worth living.” He looked back at her and smiled. “I am too. I always enjoy feeling you in my arms.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>