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Aurin holds his mother's hand as she leads him from the street to his aunt and uncle's house. He's been here only a couple of times, and can't remember most of them distinctly; they're sort of awkwardly related, his dead father's half-brother and the wife thereof. But now they have a baby parunia, and that means there is a dragon related to Aurin who is not too far from his age, only thirty-one years younger. This is apparently the sort of relation that it will be particularly enriching for Aurin to meet. They can do this now instead of waiting a month, because parunias don't die when they're babies; this one is safe, unlike the miscellaneous cousins on his mother's side he's never met because they are all in too much danger to get attached to (and have all succumbed to that danger). So here they are. Even though it was a very long flight and he couldn't ride his mother for takeoff and landing when she had to be a heron, only for the middle part.
Alys knocks on the door.
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Well.
Koridaar and Avar are perfectly happy to babysit. They like Finnah.
Koridaar does... wonder, about this charming dragon's attitude towards shrens. She finds she wonders that about most dragons, these days. But he's dating someone who's raising one, so he's probably not that bad.
Koridaar and Avar are perfectly happy to babysit. They like Finnah.
Koridaar does... wonder, about this charming dragon's attitude towards shrens. She finds she wonders that about most dragons, these days. But he's dating someone who's raising one, so he's probably not that bad.
Finnah has met the man; she's not welcome on date nights, but there are other occasions when he's around. Finnah doesn't have anything in particular to say about her mother's gentleman caller. She refers to him by name without frowning (or for that matter excited bouncing.)
Mial is curious about him! He asks lots of questions. What's his name, what's his colour group, does he like Finnah's mom's teacakes. (Is there anyone who doesn't like Finnah's mom's teacakes.)
His name is Serularan and he's red like Finnah and her mom and he likes the teacakes, says Finnah.
That's good. It would, says Mial, be weird if he didn't like the teacakes.
Finnah agrees. The teacakes are very good.
Mial's parents provide decent tasty things, but neither of them has a particular specialty like Colla's teacakes.
Mial is reminded by this conversation of their old cake-tea experiment. He decides to go solicit some cake-tea from his mama. (It's tasty, if a bit ridiculously sweet.)
Mial is reminded by this conversation of their old cake-tea experiment. He decides to go solicit some cake-tea from his mama. (It's tasty, if a bit ridiculously sweet.)
Finnah tastes it.
She likes teacakes better than caketea.
She likes teacakes better than caketea.
"Teacakes are better because I can eat more before I get tired of them," says Mial. "When I have caketea I only want one cup at a time and if I have more I don't like it as much."
"Teacakes are bit and caketea is drunk," says Finnah.
Mial giggles.
"And, sometimes Mommy dips teacakes in chocolate."
"Mom could make chocolate caketea," Mial says thoughtfully. "But I don't want any right now, I've had enough caketea." He birds and flies a circle around the kitchen, for no particular reason.
"Chocolate is nice," says Finnah.
"Yeah!"
Colla and her charming gentleman friend get married when Finnah and Mial are both twenty-three.
It's a very small affair at the nearest Enclave of Larotia. Colla has no taste for elaborate productions at weddings. Seru moves into the farmhouse.
Therefore, Seru is there next time Mial visits.
It occurs to him to wonder if Seru likes caketea.
"Hey, you like Colla's teacakes, right?"
It occurs to him to wonder if Seru likes caketea.
"Hey, you like Colla's teacakes, right?"
"Of course I do," says Seru, looking up from the sock he's mending.
"They're really great!" says Mial. "You know what else is great? Caketea. It's like teacakes backwards, it's tea that tastes like cake! Want to try some to see if you like it?"
"I'm not sure if it would be to my taste, Mial," says Seru mildly.
He giggles. "Okay," he says, and birds off merrily, his question answered.
After Seru and Colla have been married for about a month she announces she is pregnant.
She goes on being pregnant for quite a while and then lays four eggs.
Mial is curious about pregnancy, but gets less curious as it persists. He becomes curious again when there are eggs, and asks if he can look at the eggs.
He is allowed to look at the eggs.
They do not have stripes.
They do not have stripes.
"Wow," he says, impressed by this spectacle. It actually causes him to sit still for several ticks before he goes off to see if Finnah wants to play any games.