Sunbeam Lair seorsum

so she was not a mother. "it is indeed incomparable." the touch of her body was comforting as was the way she tucked against the stone wall at their backs. he too sat more loosely against it, relinquishing a great deal of his tension.

germanicus laughed softly, a single breathy sound. "yes. i blinked and they are in the arena, sparring with the others." i blinked and two of them are gone. and it was unlikely he would see them again. he would not watch them grow.

overhead the storm was passing. he heard the thunder lighten and the deluge thinned to a mist of cold rain. he took another bite of the pheasant, strangely unwilling to point out that it was possible now for lady meadow to return to epoch.

"do you have a happiest memory?" germanicus asked, turning his cheek against the flat surface to regard her with an easier countenance than he had yet worn during their meeting.