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[persian_sass]

For some time, he'd been anticipating the date with no small amount of trepidation. Now that it was here, though, Sasan was rather pleased to find out that Day #366 of his island stay was really not that much different from all the rest of them. For a given value of the word 'pleased,' anyway. He woke up, had a light breakfast and a short run,

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[poison_pearl]

There is often some displeasure at the bookshelf, but this is a level to which it does not often ascend, and when a rejected item lands at my feet, I cannot help but take note.

It is, I note as I pick it up, quite clearly trash, although the printing material may be worthy of note, more modern than what I am used to.

"Miracle babies offend you?" I inquire, arching an eyebrow at the cover.

[persian_sass]

Looking up in stunned confusion, it took Sasan a second to find the right words. "That one does, at least."

Alright, maybe not even quite the right words, per se.

Oh God, how was Kiki going to handle being a grandmother, especially without him around for support? It was a worrying thought for at least eight separate reasons that he could think of off the top of his head.

[poison_pearl]

"And what is it, pray tell," I ask, shuffling idly through the pages and seeing nothing of consequence to stop upon and read, "about this particular miracle baby that offends? Is it the miracle, or the baby?"

[persian_sass]

"The mother," Sasan said immediately, since he didn't know much more than she did about the miracle or the baby themselves. At least the shock was wearing off a little quicker the second time around.

"She's sort of a friend."

[poison_pearl]

"You are not happy for her impending," and here I have to search for a word, spawn seeming a touch inappropriate, "happy addition to the family?"

My smile is perhaps a little forced. Family is not a concept I have ever had reason to embrace.

[persian_sass]

"The last time I saw her, there wasn't a family to be added to," he said, entirely caught up in his own thoughts. "Or much chance of one happening short of some sort of holocaust destroying most of the male population."

Maybe that was what happened. Getting trapped on Survivor island for a year was a lucky break for him, and the 'miracle' was that the baby hadn't come out with flippers. It made perfect sense. More sense than Tori finding a guy to marry and breed with in just a few short months, anyway.

[poison_pearl]

"How things do change," I murmur, half-referring to her family situation, and half to the style of publication. Not that I expect this latter part to be recognized, or sympathized with. "Is she a relative of yours?"

[persian_sass]

"A friend," he said simply, even though there had obviously been more to it than that. He'd been her GBFF, that was something special. How could she be doing this to him?

"She might as well have been, though," he reluctantly added. "Well, if my parents had like her more, anyway."