[ ah, he sighs out. they were already talking about it? ]
I didn't have time to go out and ask. [ only quickly reach out to konoha. he was just— too busy with baby while mikasa got some time for herself. his bairn also hasn't gotten what it wanted and cuts open a barked whine, grabbing at the air for rey's attention and twisting its features to show its dramatic dismay. augh— ] Can I just— come closer?
[ even if she didn't want to hold his baby, he's sure they both don't want it to start screaming. ]
[It doesn't seem to take the gems long to pour over their own history for answers on some of the nuttier things that happen. A blessing, compared to the alternative. Rey would rather get any kind of answer than none at all, even if it does sound like total nonsense.
[That said, Rey's eyes lift to the bairn reaching out to her. She snorts at Eren's request.]
Sure. Think these assholes have finally settled down.
[A good parent probably wouldn't refer to their child as an asshole. But that's just how Rey rolls.]
eren can't even express his bemusement. letting the little bairns come closer, and automatically, let his reach and touch rey's arm to satisfy curiosity (then grabbing for clothes, for accessories, hair—) ]
They're just kids. [ but maybe she doesn't mean it. uh, hey. ] If you want me to watch your's for a while, I . . . [ eren ends up shrugging. now that he's got them quiet, uh— he's oddly babysitter material if he could be this patient until now. weird, and feeling some things he can't really put words to it, but.
[When the other bairn reaches for Rey, there isn't much to grab beyond her tanktop and the strap of her bag. The same one she had been carting the bairns in from time to time when she needed to free up her hands, in fact.
[Probably not the best way to carry around a baby, but hey. They're technically not babies? Though Rey is still soft on them in her own way, despite just referring to them as assholes.]
That'd... be helpful, yeah. Have a project to work on but been pretty distracted.
[For obvious reasons.]
And Konoha's already got her hands full.
[On top of being emotionally devastated. Even if she didn't talk about it outright, Rey knows her friend well enough by now to recognize when she's having a hard time with something.]
Um, [ oh, she actually said yes! he didn't realize he'd get this far and isn't sure what the next step is now that he's here, but. damn. okay. why did he offer? hidden paternal instincts wanting out and knowing he never would otherwise? for some reason, eren's ears start to burn the longer he goes without saying anything, then after a pause, pulling his bairn's hand away and gestures with his free hand. ] okay.
[ he has an idea, because he clearly doesn't have enough arms to hold all these bairns with. maybe— some cloth? and tying them around him so he could carry that one . . . yes. ]
I'll stay around here until later. You can come back then, by sun down.
[Now they've got that sorted... Rey does realize a pertinent problem here.]
Will pay you back and get some shit to fashion a sling of... some kind. To make carrying around easier.
[It turns out that toting them in a bag like groceries wasn't a good idea. Even less so when Rey had given Shion a knife to play with? Who knew the antlered bairn would've inherited Kainé's penchant for sharp pointies.]
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[Finally, a mystery that Rey is pretty sure she can answer!]
The gems mentioned there have been things like these that were created from Manna, so... Think they came from that?
[Seems that it didn't take much for them to sprout, either.]
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I didn't have time to go out and ask. [ only quickly reach out to konoha. he was just— too busy with baby while mikasa got some time for herself. his bairn also hasn't gotten what it wanted and cuts open a barked whine, grabbing at the air for rey's attention and twisting its features to show its dramatic dismay. augh— ] Can I just— come closer?
[ even if she didn't want to hold his baby, he's sure they both don't want it to start screaming. ]
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[That said, Rey's eyes lift to the bairn reaching out to her. She snorts at Eren's request.]
Sure. Think these assholes have finally settled down.
[A good parent probably wouldn't refer to their child as an asshole. But that's just how Rey rolls.]
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eren can't even express his bemusement. letting the little bairns come closer, and automatically, let his reach and touch rey's arm to satisfy curiosity (then grabbing for clothes, for accessories, hair—) ]
They're just kids. [ but maybe she doesn't mean it. uh, hey. ] If you want me to watch your's for a while, I . . . [ eren ends up shrugging. now that he's got them quiet, uh— he's oddly babysitter material if he could be this patient until now. weird, and feeling some things he can't really put words to it, but.
good idea or worst idea? ]
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[Probably not the best way to carry around a baby, but hey. They're technically not babies? Though Rey is still soft on them in her own way, despite just referring to them as assholes.]
That'd... be helpful, yeah. Have a project to work on but been pretty distracted.
[For obvious reasons.]
And Konoha's already got her hands full.
[On top of being emotionally devastated. Even if she didn't talk about it outright, Rey knows her friend well enough by now to recognize when she's having a hard time with something.]
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[ he has an idea, because he clearly doesn't have enough arms to hold all these bairns with. maybe— some cloth? and tying them around him so he could carry that one . . . yes. ]
I'll stay around here until later. You can come back then, by sun down.
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[Now they've got that sorted... Rey does realize a pertinent problem here.]
Will pay you back and get some shit to fashion a sling of... some kind. To make carrying around easier.
[It turns out that toting them in a bag like groceries wasn't a good idea. Even less so when Rey had given Shion a knife to play with? Who knew the antlered bairn would've inherited Kainé's penchant for sharp pointies.]
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[ the bigger question: was shion in possession of this knife at this very moment? eren would only find out later in the worst of ways. ]