A/N: We'll be jumping around in time a bit... This one takes place when Cain is about six months old. And, yes, the style will be different during chapters that are focused on the adults.
~ Bad Magic ~
"Um, Moko-san..." Kyoko began hesitantly. "You have a lot of younger siblings, right?"
Kanae sighed. She had known this would be coming... the day when Kyoko started asking her advice about matters related to child-rearing.
"Yes," she answered. "Why? What do you want to know?"
"Um... is it normal for babies to get cold really easily?" Kyoko asked.
"Huh? Well, kind of... I mean, that's why infants are usually swaddled. But isn't your kid a little old for that?"
"But," Kyoko said, frowning, "Cain cries a lot if he isn't wrapped in a thick layer of blankets."
Kanae didn't have a ready answer for that. It figured that Kyoko's son would be a weirdo like his mother even when he was still a baby...
"I don't know, maybe it's a comfort thing..."
~oOo~