Whitefish River Like a bolt out of the blue

Out of duty! Out of duty? is that really what she thought, how could she think that she worried for her out of duty? This was not right, it was not correct in the slightest. "Because I love you!" She rose her voice, only to gasp in pain as one of her children seemed to find the outburst to be uncalled for. Calm little ones, its okay, everything is alright. "I love you Reiko.." She said with a softer inflection, trying to prevent the pain her outburst and sutten movement cost her. 

She ignored the words that her friend spoke, moving closer to her with evenly measured steps. She was no longer the graceful dancer but a bloated balloon that was taking this pregnancy particularly hard. "Can I meet them?" She whispered as she closed the distance between them, trying to show the affection both she and her queen needed. She wanted to meet the children she wished to help raise, the babies she wished she could share with the woman she truly did love just as she did her husband.