Dragoncrest Cliffs I bit her real good

A busy Spring.

Was he implying that he, too, would be busy? She did not expect his involvement, and yet she sensed that he was asking permission, here, to be a part of the flurry of activity that would come with the birth of their children. It was impossible to know how she should respond, when she did not know her daughter's mind, or her daughter's heart. She wondered if it was only her daughter's body that had chosen the man- a man older than her mother!- or if perhaps there was more than she knew.

This shock was the second of two- for she had assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that Pepper had found a match in Phobos...

She remained silent, and nodded, though something serious in her gaze meant to usher Pepper away, since he had offered not to disrupt.

She exhaled slowly, and sought Mireille's gaze.