Tidings of the future

[adris]

Adris had heard he could finally enter. It was with an unbounded level of excitement that he rushed to his wife and child's side. This was a day he had long been waiting for, a chance to see the future in flesh and blood. The Warendo baby was born.

"Oh this is excellent Raina! A boy too, I have been thinking about the name Consus for a male. Where is his sign at? Do you think he is plant or soil?"

He does feel bad for the twenty questions to his probably exhausted wife, but he couldn't help himself. Such a blessing has entered this household, one fortold by Efil herself.

[Kender Bard]

Raina had a pensive look on her face. She was exhausted, but warring emotions wouldn't let her rest as she so desperately wanted. How to tell Adris?

"He is neither, my love," Raina finally said. "Our son has no sign."

[adris]

Adris looked at her strangly for a moment, like he had know idea what she was referring to. For some reason every explination possible crossed his mind except the one that he desperately wished to reject.

"What do you mean? Was he injured during birth? Was Sara able to seal up any terrible wounds?"

He looked at the baby, it seemed to be alive and without any pain. Perhaps he was patched up fast enough, he looked so adorable being near his love like he was. He never once allowed himself to consider that his son, was a clear.

[Kender Bard]

"Adris," Raina whimpered, starting to get choked up. "He's a Clear." She felt as though she should apologize, but another part of her was suddenly fiercely protective of this little Clear baby. Was it motherhood? Her ingrained morals? Did the baby already have a grip on her mind?

She hugged her son a little closer, protectively.

[adris]

Adris looked away for a moment, he couldn't see his child at first. The sting of it all was too soon. Fauna had just fell because of a clear, and now to learn that thier son was one? For a moment it was too much for his mind to take, but he picked out his words carefully. He also made sure to look back before speaking.

"Efil, personally came to me with tidings of our child. She gave me a gift with the promise that I would protect him. Maybe this is a sign, maybe things greater then us are going on. The best we can do, is be the best parents we can to him."

Even he had trouble believing what he was saying, he wanted to distance himself from the boy badly, knowing that the child probably didn't know to turn off his aura yet. But he kept the courage to stay, he planted a soft and loving kiss on his wife and began to gently rub his fingers through her hair.

"We can do this, together."

[Kender Bard]

"Thank you," Raina choked out, barely able to hold her strength in the face of her swirling emotions. She had thought this would be a happy time; she'd pictured Adris holding their firstborn with all the barely contained joy that new fatherhood came with. Instead, she felt more like she was at a funeral of some sort.

In her fatigued state, she came up with the absurd notion that perhaps it was a funeral of sorts. Perhaps this Clear baby wasn't really hers, but a changeling. Her real baby might very well be dead because of some sinister imposter that she now cradled in her arms. For a brief, fleeting instance she imagined what it would be like to fling the wicked child away...

But then glancing into his eyes and seeing the familiar glitter and shade that matched Adris's eyes perfectly reflected in her son's she knew it was no changeling and the horror of her thoughts just a moment ago smashed what little emotional resistance she had left. She broke into shuddering sobs.

"Take... him...!" she cried, holding the baby out to her husband.

[adris]

Adris took the child as he was asked to, and looked Consus over himself now that they were so close. He couldn't just cast this child aside, he knew in his heart it wouldn't be right. He also had a part of his brain that kept telling him that this isn't right. He couldn't ignore his wife though, so while cradling his child he sat next to her and held her as familiarly as he could.

"It's all right Raina, it will all be all right. I will be here with you for all of this, and I will always love you."

In one arm he lightly rocks his new son, in his other he soothingly caresses the shoulder of his wife. This was his world now, and as long as Raina was still there, it somehow didn't seem so bad.

[Kender Bard]

Soothed, Raina's eyes slowly slid shut as she relaxed, her husband's gentle voice like a lullaby. In moments, she's fast asleep, brow furrowed slightly in worry even in sleep.