Do you think spontaneous human combustion is real?

"What's with this 'papa' thing?!" I hissed at Natha as we rode side by side in leisure. 

The other had gone first to the town, but I wanted to ride in leisure rather than galloping fast. The mine was in a mountainous area, so the scenery was rather nice, overlooking the valley that thankfully hadn't become a victim of the war. 

Besides, I couldn't tell the horse to go fast with Jade in a child form--no matter how addicted Jade was to speed.

Well, this was also nice, right? Kind of felt like a date, or...ahem--a family excursion.

"Papa, look at that! What is that? Jade never seen that animal before!"

"It's a bull; the one in our place is red with huge horns."

"Ooh! That one!"

If only I stopped getting flustered at this 'papa' thing.

"Why? Isn't it cuter for him to call you that rather than 'father'?" Natha tilted his head, looking at me with an expression that said everything was obvious.