[Because the mun enjoyed the premise and the suggestion, Reii was dangling the child gently by one foot, peering at it with a mixture of trepidation and discomfort. It was screaming again and it was three in the AM. The woman had been quite contently sleeping. Bleary eyed, she hoisted the child into a more comfortable position, wrapping her arms about the thing.]
You do realize that he is still too young to understand the English language, I hope.
[Bel comes up behind Reii and loops his arms around her waist from behind, kissing her cheek and smiling over her shoulder at their son. In the few years they've been married, his sleeping habits have improved slightly -- the nightmares only occasional -- but he still doesn't strictly need rest.]
You look absolutely exhausted, darling. Would you like me to take care of the little one so you may return to bed?
[She nearly jumped at the sound of Bel's voice. Dear god he was like some kind of ninja. The woman melted back into his arms, lifting the baby a little experimentally, scowling at the crying thing.] There is no way I started as one of these crying pink things. Why couldn't it have a knowledge of the entire working universe like you did, or whatever you told me.
[She shook her head, thoughtfully, almost slowly. She had been trying, these last few years. Domestication was not in her nature, nor taking care of things smaller than herself, but she'd carried the bleeding thing.]
No. I'm up now. I might as well break out somethin' alcoholic and celebrate life.
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...Go. To. Sleep. Please. Sleep?
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[Bel comes up behind Reii and loops his arms around her waist from behind, kissing her cheek and smiling over her shoulder at their son. In the few years they've been married, his sleeping habits have improved slightly -- the nightmares only occasional -- but he still doesn't strictly need rest.]
You look absolutely exhausted, darling. Would you like me to take care of the little one so you may return to bed?
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[She shook her head, thoughtfully, almost slowly. She had been trying, these last few years. Domestication was not in her nature, nor taking care of things smaller than herself, but she'd carried the bleeding thing.]
No. I'm up now. I might as well break out somethin' alcoholic and celebrate life.
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