Broken Boulder un jour tu t'en voudras

unsurprisingly it is not hard to avoid alarian, though he wishes it kind of were, since that means alarian is avoiding him too. or maybe he's overthinki--- oh who is he kidding he knows alarian well enough at this point. they should probably talk at some point about what they are and what they want.

today is not gonna be that day.

instead he is coming by to check the children, glad that they seem to have bounced back from their initial interruptions. he doesn't know enough about biology or babies to know what the long term affects may be, and he still doesn't trust queenie the way he used to (it hurts), but they are appropriately wriggly he thinks. he's yet to bring up the fact he wants eris to check them over again with his estranged friend, knowing full well it will be the start of a fight and possibly the end of whatever fragile peace they've built between themselves.

what he is not expecting is to catch sight of his daughter outside of the den, looking caught out. "solomon," delight says admonishingly, coming towards her, "where are you going?" even if she can't understand him yet, probably. babies sure do take a while to grow.