"I see. He seems to be hiding it pretty well. You wouldn't be able to tell without checking his mind or aura," he said, laying his head back down, "Ahnahalso stopped by to check on you. She just wanted to report that there was nothing strange in the forest ther than what she had already reported."

"Alright." she said as she finally got up.  "I'm going to go and join Rhidik now." she said as she started towards the door.

"Wait, I'll go with you," Tieral said, gently picking Alekai and Ece up, "These two could use a little story time. It'll give them something to hope for other than just living."

"Where are we going," Ece asked groggily, "Are we going home?"

"No, we're going to the orphanage. Rhidik will be telling stories, and I think it would be good for you and your brother to listen. you might hear something you like," Tieral said, nuzzling gentily into Ece as he fallowed Goldenscale, "We'll be there soon."

"Ya, I'm back here," Rhidik called out from the back most room and waving a wing out the door to show where he was, "I was just  about to finish todays story time. If you'd like, you can tell the last story of the night."

"Alright.  I brought my little ones with me." she said with a smile as she walked in the door.  She then set Alekai down and went to the front of the room.

Alekai woke when he was set down. Looking around, started memorizing the faces of all the hatchings and children scattered across the room, all facing towards Goldenscale and Rhidik.

With so many people in the room, Ece hid in Tieral's arms as he took a seat off to the side of the room.

"Start whenever you're ready. you might start with introducing yourself. They're a lot calmer when they know who is speaking to them," Rhidik whispered to Goldenscale before taking a seat beside Tieral.

Alekai and Ece both focused on Goldenscale when she started speaking, as did everyone else in the room.

For a brief few moments, the children clapped before Aimee walked in "Alright everyone, I'm sorry to say butstory time is over. Now it's time for supper and baths," she said, handing Rihdik and Goldenscale a few pieces of silver, "Here, you two deserve this for your time. If anything, take it as thank for keeping them ocupied while I prepared supper."

"I'll be sure to put this back so I can afford better illustration for the stories from Meden. She may be a birt expensive, but her work captures the moods just right," Rihdik said, taking out a small white pouch and dropping the silver in before tieing it shut.

Picking up Alekai, Tieral walked over to Goldenscale holding Ece and her brother. Leanin against Tieral's chest, Ece had fallen asleep while she was listening to Goldenscale's story. "I do believe they enjoyed it. We'll need to stop back by Mayumi's before we head home ourselves though," he said, letting Alekai climb over to Goldenscale's shoulder, "I think she might have picked up a cold in her travels that is just now hitting her."

"So, what do you think of being a parent," Tieral asked, fallowing behind Goldenscale, "I'm going to have to get used to having someone who fully depends on my for something."