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[g00d_d0ggie]

"D0G, seriously, you don't have to do this..."

The front door opens and a nine-foot-tall combat droid walks in. His owner is currently being cradled in the crook of one arm, as one might carry a small child. She looks less than enthused about this.

"I know you're supposed to protect me, but I'm not sick. I'm pregnant. There's a difference."

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[aeons_crackshot]

"Really D0g," Annabelle says with a shake of her head. "She's right. It'll be months and months before she gets anywhere near the waddling stage."

[a_mere_child]

Alyx facepalms. "Oh, Lord, I don't even wanna think about how he's gonna react once I start really gaining weight."

Mwrp? inquires D0G, puzzled.

[aeons_crackshot]

"The babies are going to be growing inside Alyx," Annabelle explains to D0G. "That means Alyx is going to weigh more because it's not just her anymore."

[g00d_d0ggie]

!! D0G looks at Alyx in alarm, as though expecting her to swell up before his very eyes. (Eye?)

[aeons_crackshot]

"No, no, it's okay, D0G," Annabelle says, trying to calm the robot down. "It will take months, and it won't be very much at all, even with two of them in there."

[a_mere_child]

"And regardless, I can walk just fine."

Bwoorp? D0G sounds unsure.

"Really."

[aeons_crackshot]

"Really," Annabelle says with a nod.

"Other than your friend being overprotective, how have you been?" she asks Alyx.

[a_mere_child]

"Not bad. A lot better than last time I was here--" Alyx finally manages to wriggle free and hop down from D0G's arm. The robot complains audibly but makes no attempt to pick her back up.

[aeons_crackshot]

"That's good to hear," Annabelle says with a bright smile. "I haven't been too bad myself." She got over the being hit with a rocket launcher really quickly, after all.

[a_mere_child]

"We went up to a seed storage vault and ended up killing a Gonarch on the way out. You?"

Oh yeah, she knows the drill by now.

[aeons_crackshot]

"Gonarch?" Annabelle asks.

"I helped two other patrons and Ellen clean out a base of mercenaries that kept trying to kill her," Annabelle says with a smile. "The loot will help protect the area while her dad works on a water purification project."

"I got hit with a rocket launcher, but those stimpaks work wonders."

[a_mere_child]

"You got hit by a what?!"

[aeons_crackshot]

"It looked like a rocket launcher," Annabelle says with a shrug. "It burnt the armor and ripped it up in a way unlike any bullet I've ever seen."

"It was only a grazing shot, thankfully."

[a_mere_child]

"Jesus."

[aeons_crackshot]

"Yeah, it wasn't the least painful injury I've ever had," Annabelle admits. "On the other hand, he's now a pile of green goo, so I suppose it evens out."

[a_mere_child]

"...do I want to know how that happened?"