Brand New Beasts

"New mommy?"

"... I thought you were asleep."

"Daddy can't change the subject!" Mira scolded.

"Does Mira want to go eat cookies?"

"YEA!"

'Gotcha.' Abaddon gloated inwardly. His daughter was as easy to read as a children's book. 

As the pair prepared to head back to the city, they were met halfway by the rest of their family.

Soon Abaddon was swarmed with congratulatory hugs and kisses from all of them but when they took a step back he noticed they had something they wanted to say.

It only took a single moment before he was able to notice some rather drastic changes. 

He took a quick glance with his system to confirm it and his suspicions were indeed correct.

Lisa, Lailah, Bekka, and Valerie all gained 15,000 stat points to every area and it had made their potential explode. 

"What happened?" he asked in shock. 

"We.. got some gifts from you." Lailah answered. 

"Gifts as in plural?" He asked.