Hatching 3/??
anonymous
March 24 2012, 07:18:30 UTC
But it was quiet. Everyone was holding their breath. Waiting.
Wrex didn’t know how long they sat there in the nursery, but it was long enough for him to lose track of time. Bakara was sleeping soundly, at least, one of the eggs twitching--
“Bakara,” he shook her a bit more than he’d intended, rattling a snarl out of her, “Bakara.”
“Wrex, not now,” she growled through a thick haze of sleep.
“Yes, now,” he insisted, eyes fixed on the egg that had moved, “One of the eggs moved.”
She was up in an instant, shifting forward in an awkward crouch, and Wrex would be damned if he wasn’t right there next to her, both of them doing their best imitations of varren rooting for a meal. There weren’t many positions krogan’s could be in and still look dignified.
“Which one?” she asked.
“Uh, that one, I think,” he pointed. The egg did nothing, and Bakara shot him a look that might’ve been deadly to any non-krogan in the room, “I was half asleep! I’m pretty sure it was that one, though.”
“You just imagined it,” Bakara sounded exasperated and disappointed, and neither were tones he wanted to hear. It was lucky he had a few hearts spare, because at least one of them broke at the look on her face.
Wrex didn’t know how long they sat there in the nursery, but it was long enough for him to lose track of time. Bakara was sleeping soundly, at least, one of the eggs twitching--
“Bakara,” he shook her a bit more than he’d intended, rattling a snarl out of her, “Bakara.”
“Wrex, not now,” she growled through a thick haze of sleep.
“Yes, now,” he insisted, eyes fixed on the egg that had moved, “One of the eggs moved.”
She was up in an instant, shifting forward in an awkward crouch, and Wrex would be damned if he wasn’t right there next to her, both of them doing their best imitations of varren rooting for a meal. There weren’t many positions krogan’s could be in and still look dignified.
“Which one?” she asked.
“Uh, that one, I think,” he pointed. The egg did nothing, and Bakara shot him a look that might’ve been deadly to any non-krogan in the room, “I was half asleep! I’m pretty sure it was that one, though.”
“You just imagined it,” Bakara sounded exasperated and disappointed, and neither were tones he wanted to hear. It was lucky he had a few hearts spare, because at least one of them broke at the look on her face.
“Bakara...”
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