"You know it." He'd be celebrating every day between being told the news and actually having the child to distract him.

And really, he knows she's right about being able to find a balance. He'd found a balance for staying close to Elani, hadn't he?

And to lovely friends like this one. Lovely friends who clearly needed to be flopped on in a proper pile of limbs and love. "How's things with you, then, 'f I don't have to be pouting around about my own stuff?"