Elijah finished his dinner in blissful silence.  Things were very nearly perfect.  Maddi, beautiful, strong, wonderful Maddi was by his side enjoying her own meal.  He could feel the heat from her body next to his and it warmed him in ways he couldn't understand.  It was all like the still frame from a movie at the height of its innocence.  He could see the sepia-toned picture in his head, even as he knew the perfection was fleeting.   He knew that he would love Maddi forever, but he had faults and surely she had some, too.  He knew there would be arguments and the inevitable fight about changing diapers, but he was not yet ready for normalcy to claim him.  He was too busy living in Eden right now.<br/><br/>As he finished he noticed Kira slink off into the night and pointed it out to Maddi.  "Should we go get her?  She's drunk and lonely and whether she would admit it, she needs friends around her.  You and I will always have each other, but Kira needs us now."