Draiss listened to the argument for a moment, his expression slowly hardening as he let them explain. "So, you are telling me you passed on faulty intel to your mother as a petty form of revenge, and cost me nearly two thousand construct work hours, ten divine hours, and four point two three reactor pellets to counter a possible threat that didn't exist? I want to make sure I have this right before I respond."<br/><br/>He took a very long, deep breath, held it for three seconds, and then released it, before shoving the annoyed but mildly impressed father side of him to the back of his head to let them deal with the pissed commander. "The reason I dropped everything to get out here is because your mother said you were pregnant. This was a problem because I put a fairly powerful but subtle effect upon you two to keep that from happening.<br/><br/>The reason I did that was a bit of a story. Would you like to hear it?"<br/><br/>He gave them a brittle smile, before continuing anyway. "You two, and one other sibling, got experimental augments. Everyone else got the usual magical augments to their abilities, the six standard +5 book equivalents. What you two and your other sibling got was... a bit more powerful. Details, or just the basics?"