(Alright.  My muse still hasn't come, so it may not come tonight...)

"It's for mayumi and my children." Frost said getting more near the hot springs.

"I see. Well, congradulations on starting a family," he said, a hint of surprise in his voice, "I'm sorry for all the pain and suffering i've caused you and Mayumi. I should have stepped down long ago, but I kept going out of fear, pain, and denial. I let my past cloud my judgement, and it has hurt many people. If there is anything I can do to set things straight, just ask."

"Everything is fine. If anything you should apologize to her. I'm off now. good bye," Frost says as he returns home.

"So, was there enough moss at the spring," Mayumi asked when Frost got back, she was currently adjusting the stones and wood to make the nest smaller.

Frost opens the bag and shows it to her, "Is this enough?"

"This should be plenty. Thank you dear," she said, taking the moss over to her alchemy setup, "I just need to treat it so that it doesn't dry out and become hard."

Frost sits and watches. He doesn't know a thing about this. He never had a chance to with his last wife passing when she did.

"Alright.  I think that's enough training for today." Goldenscsle said after a few hours of demonstrating techniques.

Sticking the moss into a small container, Mayumi started pouring small vials of chemicals onto the moss, each seeming to be obsorbed completely. "There, that will save us the trouble of getting moss every other day," she said, taking the moss from the container and patting it into the nest, filling in any holes and covering the bottom. "Now, for what will be keeping the eggs warm when we're not directly looking after them," she said, bringing her wings around to pluck out tufts of down from the leading edges and sticking it into the edges of the nest, "The nest is ready, and we still have time to think about details."

"Sounds like a good idea," Talia said, pantingfrom exhaustion, "Maybe we can meet a few more times for training before you go. I'm definitely learning from this."

"I'm glad I could help. I'd best get home before Kokkorok starts worrying where I am," Mira said, spreading her wings and taking off towards the cave.

"I'll try not to train you so hard next time." she said with an embarrassed laugh.  

"I'm used to it. While training to become an enforcer, we would have days where we would train till we couldn't stand to go any further, and the next day we would have a day of rest to recover," she said with a smile, "Personally, I could have stood to go on for a few more hours, but I suppose you have things you need to do."

" I could train for the next several days because my harsh training has made me stronger, but I choose not to.  Just tell me when you want to train next." she said with a smile.  She then flew back to the cave.

"Um, who's that fallowing you," Tieral asked when Goldenscale landed. Bbehind Goldenscale, Talia was fallowing behind, still in her natural state covered in fur.

Goldenscale didn't say anything, not even letting her mind think.  She would rather say nothing than lie to Tieral.