Grey awoke, with Serenity laying atop him, and a thin, silk blanket covering both of them. He kissed her on the forehead, "Good morning my love."

Mawthrough kept one hand on her chest, and left her hand on his own.
With his free hand he guided hers to her belly.

"Not two as one - three as one, now."

He smiled at her. "We'll have as many children as you want. I promise. You'll never have to feel lonely and away from me again. I'd kill anything that stood to try and harm you."

Then he smirked, as if hiding a secret.

"I'd like to see anything try... hah... It would be in for one hell of a surprise if it did."

Then he raised his eyebrow.
"Who do you think our child is going to take after? A feisty warrior like it's mother or a smooth player like it's dad?"

Draklin sat quietly in a cafe within Colera, "Well, might as well get it over with, the boy'll be coming for me sooner or later for answers in regards to his mother, so I might as well send the message now." He took a note, which he shaped like a paper airplaine, and sent it through a portal, one which send it right next to Mawthough.

Before Chastity could answer the note appeared out of thin air.
Mawthrough caught it instantly, unfolded it, read it.

Then his eyes hardened.

"Draklin."

Anger, vehemence, rage was sealed in that single word.
Then he stood up, looking cold again, dark, ready to slaughter.

"Chastity, come with me, we're going to see Draklin. I'd go alone, but I don't want you out of my sight."


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"Hmm..."

"What?"

"Can you grab someone out of a portal in transit?"

"Theoretically, yes..."

"Let's do an experiment then, catch her while they're on the move..."

"Still unsure about this..."

"SHUT UP, STEPHEN!"

Draklin waited at the cafe filled with humans, sipping at a cup of coffee, eating a bagel with cream cheese on it, waiting for Mawthough.

serenity slowly opened her eyes and looked up at grey
"good morning"
she stretched out
"did you sleep well?"


chastity sat up
"what does he want?"
she looked down at herself
"ill need clothes first, i cant go like this"
she stood up and walked over to maw

Grey leaned upward and kissed her sternum, "Of course, after all we did last, how could I not sleep well?"

In less than a second Chastity was dressed in flowing Greek robes.

Mawthrough turned and a portal opened.

"He want to talk with me about how I'm going to deal with the fact he killed my mother," he said evenly, and pulled her through the portal.

They emerged in the cafe out of thin air, surprising the average people. Ignoring their reactions, Mawthrough walked over to Draklin's table and sat down, pulling out a chair for Chastity.

There was silence.

Then, just one word. A question.
"Why?"

Draklin spoke his next words clearly, and simply, "The tactic Friend used, it happened to me in the past, I hesitated, we lost the person he was using as a shield, and ten other comrades of mine, that's why, and now your mother is a wound on my very soul, same with all other comrades I've lost."

"There are always choices. Always ways out. So you just plowed through her without so much as a backwards look? She must have been terrified. Must have been hoping that you wouldn't fire. Must have been wondering how you guys were going to play it so she escaped intact. But no. You didn't hesitate - you murdered her without a thought as to the alternative. She's not a comrade you've lost, she's an innocent ally you killed."

Mawthrough's voice was sullen, his purple diamond eyes locked on Draklin.

"I don't know whether I should kill you or not. Convince me not to. And I never forgot the grinning. You grinned, when I met you on the battlefield that day, with your energy still flickering around her corpse. If you think I was angry then, it's nothing to how angry I am now. I've forgiven my father's killer as he is my future wife's father," he said, indicating Chastity.
Then he leaned forwards.

"So why am I going to forgive you?"

Draklin took a sip of his coffee, "You aren't going to forgive me, because I need no forgiveness, there is none for such an action. I attempted to fire around her, I had Zigera and the others attack his back, I was aiming for his arm, that is all I can say. We didn't need to help you with that fight, because that wasn't our battle, but we came and helped you anyways, we bled for you, many of us nearly died for you. You wanna know why I grinned, because if I'd done anything else, because I.....if I'd done anything else, it would have shown my weakness.....the time for showing weakness is after battle, but if you need to attack me, do so, I'm not going to beg for my life, I never have, I never will, destroy this body if you want, but I'll be back, to suffer more later, I'm not going to let you destroy my real body for now, I'd prefer to be able to defend Grey, and the people I have left. I'm sorry you mother died at my hands, but I can assure you, I was not grinning because I had killed her, I was gritting my teeth, and only appeared to be grinning. I wounded my soul, so that I would never forget her pain, but please, do what you want, I won't stop you, I won't defend myself, go ahead." He set his coffee down, and open his arms wide.

serenity smiled
"and it was a fun night, what are we going to do now?"


chastity quietly sat down in the seat maw pulled out for her, upon hearing draklins words and knowing the possibility of maw reaction she placed her hand on his and gave it a slight squeeze

Grey hugged her close, and kissed her, "Well, I have something to tell you, that my mother warned me about......its regard to what may happen if you become pregnant....."

Mawthrough seemed to have turned to stone, his eyes boring into Draklin as they sat there.

A minute passed.
Then another.

Mawthrough got up abruptly.
"I won't fight you. We're done here."

Chastity's hand was still on his and he gave it a squeeze back.

Then he looked back at Draklin.
He said nothing, merely nodded slightly.

Upon returning his gaze to Chastity he made a visible effort not to look angry or cold.
"Anything you want here, or shall we return home?"

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"Right. This is the moment. Dimaetar, are you ready?"

"Of course I am. Do you have my card?"

"Of course we do! Now then, Leos, Colcaes, get ready. The rest of you, donate some power to the grab."

"Does that include me, because... I'm really not liking this plan..."

"For the last time, Stephen... the plan is flawless. Diana, you have the job of calming her down..."

"Ugh, but she's, like, SOO pretty... I think I might see if I can't make the incubus not want her back..."

"Don't you dare, Diana - alright, everyone, let's get ready for this..."

"I don't think I can do this..."

"OH SHUT UP, STEPHEN!"

Draklin went back to sipping at his coffee, "See you another time." His words were cold, but they were always naturally cold, due to his creation.

serenity looked at him with worry
"what did she say, is it something bad, please dont tell me its something bad"


chastity thought for a moment then shook her head
"no i cant think of anything, i just want to go home and relax a bit"
she looked up at him
"we never did eat our food"
she placed her hand on her belly
"and we are kinda hungry"

Grey held her close, "Well.....when a female knight is pregnant.......she loses her regenerative capabilities.....actually......most races that lose them temporarily when pregnant.....otherwise.....they'd attack the child as if it were an infection......that's why the population of knights in this world aren't extremely high.....its when females are most vulnerable.....your regeneration is returned after the child is born.....but no sooner........that's how knights were able to tell if other knights were pregnant in the past.......before any other signs........."

Mawthrough promptly turned away and walked towards the bar's counter.

The bartender looked frankly stunned to see a one-winged incubus standing at the counter.

"Largest meal. Double of everything. I'm paying. I'll bring it to the table."

And with that Mawthrough had pulled out a chair at another table and motioned for Chastity to sit.
"You're hungry - we'll eat out. My treat," he said, smiling at her...

Livia entered the normal world, via a shadow portal, and arrived near a cafe Draklin always took her to. She entered it, finding Chastity and Mawthough were about to eat. She went up to the counter, and tried to order, but they couldn't understand her, due to her being without a voice. She tried to sign to them, but they didn't understand anything she was trying to convey.

serenity looked at grey
"so what does that mean for me exactly, im not pregnant yet, i mean i couldnt be already could i?"


chastity walked over and sat at the chair maw pulled out for her
"thank you"
she smiled
"so what did you order us to eat?"

Grey shook his head, "We won't know until later, it all depends, but you have knight blood within you.....so we'll need to be extra careful........I needed to make sure we could live peacefully before we tried to have a child this way........it was for your safety, not mine........."

Mawthrough shrugged.
"Something good, I hope."

Then he spotted the girl he'd once known a very long time ago having some difficulty ordering.
He observed her for a second, realized she was a mute for some reason, and walked out of the cafe - returning a moment later with a pen and paper. Handing them to Livia, he nodded at the girl before walking back to Chastity.

"If you don't like it when it comes, we'll send it back."
He then seemed to try and relax.
"And you never answered my question - do you think the baby will be as feisty and lively as it's mother, or smooth and classy as it's father?" he chuckled...

Livia decided to use the pen and paper in order to order a massive plate of pancakes with fruit toppings, like her parents would make. Once her order was finished, she walked over to the table that Mawthough and Chastity were at and pulled up a chair. She then waved to Chastity, smiling a little at this time.

serenity nodded
"ok ill be extra careful then, so then ill basically have to take things easy and ust relax, no battle or anything like that "
th smiled
"i think i can handle that"


chastity thought for a moment
"well hopefully the baby will have a little of each of us in him or her"
she looked down and placed her hand on her belly
"a combination of me and you"
she notice livia sitting at the table and wave so she waved back