A nice beach in the demon world.

"I'm...speechless...Teri's...going to...flip." *She could barely handle Igrus and the twins last time...now she'll have to do it again.*

She caught Tsun's mind, and laughed a bit. "Oh come on, you really gonna compare me to him? I'm not that sophisticated when it comes to being a mum, true, I mean, truth be told, I actually abandoned my son and daughter. You can twist and turn what you want, but that's the cold truth. This, kinda, will be the first time I can do it properly."

"But what will the kids be? They'll have to live through our...deal. When my time comes...like Teri..." *She was thinking about that again...and it was bringing tears to her eyes.*

"It's something to be glad about, no? That deal hasn't been confirmed one bit."

"I don't know...I think of everyone I've lost...and I'm still here. But you're right...you know what it takes for you to be able to go...and my parting gift to you will still be an offer..."

"Well, offer declined. that fair enough?" She got up, and swiped the blood off her lip, looking down the window again. "Wouldn't have killed me, by the way. Broken bones, and a concussion, most likely."

"But from a greater height...or I could leave a stash of batteries...like I used to for emergencies...and something for you to use them with...that will get the job done...wouldn't it?"

"Well, to be honest." She kept looking down, then turned, and looked up instead. "Not sure it was that. Just was the fact that you were so amazingly unsatisfied, with whatever I'd do. That I used up my power on you. To make it the best experience, and it was heaven itself."

"Then do that with me again...I'll save myself for then...and we can both go on a happy note. I'll live to about a few months after my five thousandth birthday, if all goes well, so that'll be your chance to do things, if you still want to then, of course." *She imagined herself, as old as her father, sitting next to C.C., looking the same as she does now.*

"You're giving me terrible images, you know that." She kept her hand on her stomach, still trying to fathom a bit what was going on.

"Sorry...but know that my offer to help you is still on the table, until the second I pass." *She hugged C.C.*

"Well, the second before you pass, accepting it then, doesn't really do me any good, does it?"

"I know, but I wanted to say my offer was always available, and not have it sound as grim."

"We're talking about death, when I just got pregnant, of twins. Off course it's grim!"

"Then we'll work things out later...we still have nearly four thousand years..."

"Later sounds good. Right now, though. Let me give you this." She copied her memories of the rampage they put that room through before, and planted them into Tsun's mind.

*Tsun went a deep red. She'd caused all that?* "I...I don't know what to say..."

"Well, something like, I liked it, or, told you so, perhaps?"

"I..." *She was speechless. Of course she liked it. But to have it shown from her point of view?*

"Well, either way. we'll need to get things done for the coming of these two."

"Should we move to the estate? Hire Acrysta on as a maid? Fix the place up, give everyone a taste of the castle?"

"I wouldn't want to taste the castle, thanks. Too rocky for me. But, hiring Acrysta as maid, I don't know. Maybe."

*She teasingly nudged C.C.* "You know what I mean..."

"Well, I repaired it last time we got there. Took me longer to recover from the sunburn. but I did. So, it should still be in proper state, unless Acrysta had some house party or whatever."

"I doubt that...but the castle is grander than my place in the human world...I settled there because it suited my work habits way back when...when I wasn't as connected to my family."