Veracious Love

Jade

I never thought mothering a child would be this stuff. I would have to thank my mom was I get back home. My parents had to relocate because of a disaster. The small estate they were in, went through a disaster. Out neighbours house got blown away, with only a baby surviving.

Dead. Lives gone. Just thinking about that happening to my parents, scared me. The local authorities in El Dorado had taken care of the matter. The boy had been taken into the number one Foster home in the city.

I prayed dearly for the child well being. His parents were nice people. Hearing the news of him getting into a quality home took away the guilt I held.

We needed to maintain our current pace, even with the baby stopping us.

Finns cry continued, he was most likely hungry. But none of us here went through lactation. Surely not Kent, a male couldn't lactate. The Finn would need a high colostrum to grow strong. But we were out of ideas.

"Wait. I can capture a wild goat around here. If its okay with you guys, I should be able to get one" Freya was empathetic towards this. We shared a rapport bond since our early raids together.

I had to catch a female bezoar ibex, so we could feed Finn. Kent acted as a guard for them while I went hunting. After what seemed to take five minutes of running I found a pair of bezoar ibex.

They're....mating.

I somewhat felt bad. Bad for ruining the course of nature. But I couldn't let this moment pass. The female was already pinned so I just needed to secure it.

Forming an ice shards with a wave of my wand, I fired three at the male Ibex. One went directly to the spine. The other two went to the sides of the wild goat.

Instinctively, it dodged the one aimed at it's spine. It shot pass the female, who panicked at the sudden assault. The slight pushed she gave her partner was enough. One shard pierced it's spine as the goat muscles went palsied. The four limbs came to numbed as the goat became quadriplegic.

Focusing my thoughts, I formed a fence of ice to block the female Ibex. With another wave of my wand I encased the goat in an ice coffin which ended at its neck. The humidity of the forest help prevent my ice coffin from vaporising.

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Upon leaving Nineveh, we passed through a series of fences and blockages. Watchmen located at different tower buildings. We passed the check points for entry into the forest Nineveh.

Taking a child to Nineveh was as good as asking for a public execution. The people, both old and young, would resent you. Luckily, Kent had his connections. We were able to bypass the protocols.

Kent and Freya quickly headed into town to get items for Finn. I made my way to the Avalon guild hall. This was the guild I got my adventurers licence. I had to sell the cores and beast parts we earned during our raids.

Freya

I feel I have the best baby ever. I might be a doting mom but I'm being honest here. Finn is so sweet. He's a good boy. Though I fear his father traits may influence him. I just hope he doesn't get kent's bad side.

When we took him in, it was quite a handful. He would make sounds for different reasons. Neh  – when he's hungry. Heh - when he's too cold or hot. Eairh- whenever he pooped his pants. Eh - when he tries to burp.

Finn has this wierd stone attached to his necklace. He cried whenever we tried to remove it, so we let it go. Whenever he wears the stone necklace it surprisingly becomes light. Enough about that.

My boy is the most handsome child there is. I feel like the Estrucans blessed me with him. Though they are gone, they heard my prayers. And for that I'm grateful.

I bought lots of books for Finn. The kids in the neighbourhood are a lot older than him, but he still tries a lot to fit in. I read those books every night to him. Kent has been giving him workouts since he became five and in the next two months he'll be six years old.

When we brought him to Eridu, our neighbours were upset since I didn't tell them I was pregnant. They scolded me for adventuring while carrying a baby. Luckily Kent inherited his family blonde hair. It was easy to say he was Finn's biological father and Finn had a rare eye case.

"Heeyaaa" I could hear Finn's yells from here. I hope he doesn't get injured.

'What did we plan today? Oh, we have to go visit the town governor with Kent. I best be on my way.' I thought

I got out from my study to go get Kent.