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As he carries the sleeping Nimbus back to Tes, he finds many of the herbs he would have consider putting into a garden actually growing wild along the path, not much of a path really, they were only now beginning to beat down the grass and weeds that dotted the way from the shore to the cave. Fresh was always better than dried, so he made a mental note to harvest a bit for their dinner, once he had some free time.

Looking up as he returns, Luna asks hopefully. "We go fiwshin now?"

laughing Kero hands NImbus back to Tes and nods. "Fishing or swimming?" he asks with a wink.

It is hard sometimes to tell when a dragon is being devious and caught out, their features do not readily give it away, but Luna's embarrassment is more than a touch obvious in the way she hangs her head. "Boff?" she offers by way of a reply. Then she brightens with a giggle. "You fish, I swim.... den we eat."

"You're hungry again?" laughs Kero in amazement. "Didn't we just have breakfast followed by a cookie snack? Who's the void mage around here? That should be my line."

"I's a gwowing giwl.... see?" she announces, launching herself into the air and flying in dizzy circles about his head. "Mommy says all gwowing giwls needs to eat."

Tes groans and shakes her head at that. "What I said is I couldn't eat all that cookie that it was too much for me and when you asked why you could, I told you you were a growing girl, that growing bodies need more food than one which has stopped. Go swim already.... didn't you say you had a teacher who lives in the water? Why do you need Daddy with you anyway?"

Her words bring Luna up short, so quickly she stops flapping her wings and almost learns the hard way something about the laws of gravity, but Kero manages to catch her before she hits the dirt. "Oooopppps" she hisses red faced, then cocking her head to one side she peers up at him. "Can I?" she begs in a small eager voice.

Kero launches her back into the air with a laugh. "Go... Go... just don't scare away all the fish." he tells her watching her fly off.

"I woooooonnnnnnt" she calls back darting down to the water.

Watching her fly off, Kero asks a question that has been bothering him for a few days. "Am I too restrictive with her?"

Laughing Tes tucks Nimbus into a small carry baskey she had made appear out of nowhere and walks to his side. "You want the truth or should I sugar coat it?" She's a dragon, Kero..."

Tes bites back the sarcastic comment brewing at the edge of her thoughts and nods slowly, her eyes dancing with just a hint of amusement. "Ummm.... a little..." she offers softly, then sighs when he gives her a stubborn look. "Alright... a lot. Sorry, lover, you really don't let her get away with anything. And Luna may be black as night in her coloration, but her soul is far more orderly than even yours, I believe. I don't think she has a chaotic bone in her body. Could be wrong about that. Haven't been around her all that long yet. Still even if she does lean that way, she's far harder on herself than you are on her, even when you don't catch her out... but whether that is because you have raised her that way or it is something intrinsic to her nature, I've yet to figure out. Chaos isn't necessarily black, Kero, as long as it is tempered by common sense."

Tes nods sadly as she slips an arm about his waist.

"I'll hold down the fort if necessary, Kero, you know I will. But I worry about my animals, those I've gathered which are not yet fully tamed. I dare not bring them here, the ecosystem is too fragile. And I dare not take them to the realm, where I'll need to stay if I am to be there for Luna. She will need some sort of parental supervision, more for moral support than anything. Starting school is both exciting and traumatic... in so many different ways. I... I guess I cold ask Ly and Ame for help; Ly I know will lend a hand. But I don't really know Amestru all that well, though he seems friendly enough. Even so, between us, I'm sure we'll be able to work something out, so don't worry about us. Just do what you need to do and come back to us safely."

Kero smiles fondly at her and hugs her back. "Lady mine, you will do fine... as you always have and will. And fear not... it is to you I will return... it is to you I will always come... no matter the cost or pain. No matter what stands in my way, I will find a way over, under, around or through..."

"Ack! Such a pessimistic point of view. Why not merely say, I'll be back, my love, when my work is through?"

Kero laughs at her gentle jibe and kisses her forehead. "Just stating a fact, dear one.... just stating a fact... now we should take care to enjoy the rest of our day... and I believe there are a few fish in that lagoon with my name on them, providing Luna has left me some to catch."

Laughing Tes gives him a gentle shove in the direction of the water. "Go... go... and enjoy yourself. I'm for taking a nap in the sun."

Luna pretends to be a big mean fish, wriggling about in his magical grip as though she is trying to get away, Then dissolves into giggles when Granpa Cat sticks his head out of the water, grumbling.

"Ye'll never get ahead in the world iffin ye don't stop going for the first bit of bait ye see floatin in the water. Didn't I tell ye it was a trap."

"Uhuh.... a nummy twap." she replies, taking a big bite of cookie and letting the crumbs fall into the water for him.

Luna swims for a bit then climbs out of the water and shakes herself dry before curling up at his feet to sleep. She senses that something is bothering him but doesn't know how to ask, so she does the next best thing in her mind, she offers her company as she knows her Daddy likes having her around.

Suddenly the f ish floats up out of the water and over to his side, to land with a plop on the muddy sand at his feet.

She gives a sleepy yawn and shrugs. "Dat fiwshie fwy, Daddy.... why?" She gets to her feet and goes to the stringer, watching the fish on it for a bit and shakes her head. "It no fwy now... weeeeiiiirdddd. Why it no fwy now?" She cocks her head to one side and waits patiently for an answer.

Kero frowns slightly and scratches his head with a tentacle. "Luna, what were you thinking of when I started bringing the fish in, hmmm?"

She giggles merrily. "Dat you wur gonna gets mad when it got cawt on the wog."

"Log?" he echoes in confusion.

She nods firmly. "Uhuh... deres a wog wight hewr..." she giggles again and flies out over the water to a point where the murkiness hides the bottom. Then she flies back and lands on his shoulder. Of course she's getting rather too big for this and almost overbalances him, so he quickly moves her down into his arm and finds a rock to sit on.

She laughs and gently nibbles on his chin. "Buff fiwshie no gets cawt... Did you make him fwy, Daddy?"

She giggles then cocks her head to one side. "I no make fiwshie fwy... how I make fwy? It a fiwshie..." she declares in confusion.