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[itisasillyplace]

[Cyril is pacing up and down a room that's at the borders of the South Wing, occasionally glancing in the direction of a cot that's situated by the window. Sitting on a chair beside the cot is an Akuma, dressed as a nanny. The room is clearly a nursery, and the occupant of the cot is indisputably a baby...a baby who appears to be about a month old

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[failedfelicity]

C... Cyril? [Why do you have a baby, what.]

[itisasillyplace]

Miranda? Splendid! [He clasps his hands together] Do you know any good names for babies?

[failingfelicity]

A-a few? Is it a boy or a girl?

[itisasillyplace]

A girl. She's mine and Tyki's. ♥ So I have to pick a good name.

[...He says that despite the fact he hasn't bothered to give her a name or even see her for a whole month.]

[failingfelicity]

Ah, well... [She pauses for a moment, trying to think of some good names.]

Dahlia, or Grace, maybe? Or Holly?

[itisasillyplace]

[He gives a brief order to the Akuma nanny to write those down, and beams at Miranda]

...Wonderful! I'll consider those. It truly has been difficult to think of names. Why, I thought about it for a whole minute, and could hardly think of any.

[failingfelicity]

There are always books you can try, too, if you'd like. I imagine they'd be helpful.

[itisasillyplace]

Books! Of course. Thank you, my dear, I'll try those. [He pauses. How is a parent supposed to act in this situation?]

...Won't you come and take a look at the baby?

[failingfelicity]

[She nods, genuinely happy to.]

I'd like that.

[itisasillyplace]

[He nearly goes to pick the baby up, the better to show her to Miranda, but then pulls his hands back, unsure. Babies are strange, alien creatures, after all.]

She seems to like it in the cot, doesn't she? Ahaha...

[failingfelicity]

May I hold her?

[itisasillyplace]

Oh, of course! [With that to prompt him, he gingerly picks the baby up after all, and then holds her out to Miranda. The baby seems quite sleepy at the moment.]

[failingfelicity]

[She takes the baby with surprisingly experienced hands, cradling her gently.]

She is cute...

[itisasillyplace]

[He smiles for a moment. It's not even a creepy smile, for once.]

That's only natural. Tyki is so impressively handsome, so the baby would be too.

[failingfelicity]

It was- the one that makes babies, right? [She doesn't know if her brain can handle any other answer...]

[itisasillyplace]

It was; you've met him? He is rather charming! It's hard to picture him cooing over babies, and yet he does.