"There, it's okay now." Sol was kneeling before Ikaris with his hand on her belly as she sat in one of the kitchen chairs. " That was too close, any longer and you could have..." He shook his head. "How is she?"
"Resting again, Sol, I'm sorry." Ikaris sat forward now that she was able to freely move without unbearable pain again. "If I was able to hold on for just a while longer you would need not expose yourself and us like this, but she reacted to your presence disappearing." She took his outstretched hand and watched him rest his cheek in her palm.