Robin shifted awkwardly in his chair, attempting to make eye contact with the girl, who's name he had learned to be Velvet. The girl was nervous as well, but Robin was still attempting to mask the whole dinner under the guise of business. After all, Robin did call her here to discuss the town's safety.
"Sir...Robin..." Velvet began, clearing her throat. "What did you want to discuss about Lillian's safety? We are safe from Valm for now, and the Risen are less of a threat every day. As far as I'm concerned, the town is fine."
Robin leaned forward in his chair, resting an arm on the table. "It may be safe now, but Risen can appear from nowhere. We still do not understand the creatures, so I think it would be best to up the guard, or move the town to a safer village, one with walls."
"You cannot simply ask these people to leave." Velvet said sternly. "It would leave the town open to bandits, to the elements! It would be lost within a month."
"I understand." Robin assured her. "But it is simply in the best interests..."
Morgan groaned and leaned against the small bush she and Lissa hid behind. This date was going nowhere fast, and if her father kept this up, there was no way she would be born in this timeline! She had to tell her dad to get back on track, or she could disappear!
"Tell dad to get on with it!" Morgan whispered to Lissa. The princess nodded, leaning forward in the bush.
"Psst! Robin!" Her loud 'Whisper' drew the attention of a few other patrons sitting outside, all giving the cleric strange looks. Robin, for his part, played it off as best he could, simply ignoring it and hardly faltering in his speech. Velvet, on the other hand, was giving the bush a strange eye, unsure if she had heard that voice at all. It tugged at the back of her mind, bringing back long-forgotten memories.
"I also think that the Shepherds could use people like yourself. So if it pleases you, would you travel with us? We could work together, secure the future of this world." Robin said, looking directly at Velvet.
"I...am not sure...this town needs me." Velvet said, looking down at the table. "I'm not entirely comfortable leaving it behind...it holds so many dear memories..."
"You could save this town from the Valmese." Robin offered.
"Get on with it!" Lissa whispered from the bush, drawing more attention to herself.
"That voice..." Velvet stood, sliding her chair back. "Is that...?"
Lissa jumped up, scratching the back of her head. "Ahh! There's my earring! Sorry for disturbing you Robin, I'll let you get back to your date!" She giggled nervously, backing up a step.
"Date...?" Velvet trailed off, before snapping her head up. "Auntie Lissa?" Velvet's eyes widened, hands suddenly clasping over her mouth. "Oh no..." She mumbled into her hands.
"...Auntie?" Robin muttered.
"Wait..." Velvet lowered her hands in realization. "Date?" Velvet yelled, looking to Robin. "You...you...absolute pervert! Have you no shame! Disgusting filth! Pervert!"
"Hey!" Morgan stood quickly, leaping to her father's side. "My dad is awesome! Even if you may be my mom, I won't let that kind of thing stand!"
Velvet's jaw fell open. "M-M-Morgan...?" She whispered, stepping towards the girl. "Is that...really you?"
"How do you know my name...?"
"Oh gods Morgan!" Velvet jumped forward, leaning into Morgan's shoulder. "I missed you so much! Oh gods!" Tears streamed down her face as she cried, smiling and sobbing. "Where have you been! Have you seen Marc? Where are your gloves? Why didn't you see me right away? Your hair has gotten long again! Where's your scarf?"
"Umm...how do you know me?' Morgan asked, attempting to pry herself out of Velvet's grip.
"...What do you mean? You don't remember your big sis?"
"Big sis!?" Robin yelped, falling backwards in the cafe.
"Are you really my big sister...?" Morgan asked, looking quizzically at Velvet. "I'm bigger than you..."
Velvet's face darkened. "Hey! I thought we agreed to not make fun of my height any more!"
"But...I lost my memories!" Morgan yelled, face screwed up in frustration.
"Oh...my dear little sister..." Velvet sighed, stroking Morgan's hair softly. "You may not remember me, but I'll take care of you! Just like I did back home..."
"So..." Lissa spoke up, hands folded hesitantly. "I'm guessing you're not Robin's wife?"
"WIFE!?" Velvet yelled, turning to Lissa. "That's disgusting! Ew! Gross!" Velvet shook slightly and gagged. "Bleh!"
"Two daughters...huh..." Robin muttered absently, feeling terribly embarrassed.
"Why didn't you just tell dad who you were when you saw him?" Morgan asked, ignoring the looks everyone else in the cafe was giving the family.
"But...Lucina said not to interfere! I couldn't just run to him, yelling 'Daddy!' Even if I wanted to..." Velvet said.
"Oh..." Morgan remarked. "Don't worry about that! Lucina and the others are already with the Shepherds!"
"So that means..." Velvet stood and swallowed, walking over to Robin. The tactician quickly stood, face red.
"Let me properly introduce myself..." Velvet said. "My name is Velvet, and I'm your daughter." She hugged him tightly, shaking with relief. "And I missed you...so much..." She cried, hugging him tighter.
Robin reached down and returned the hug, smiling gently. "Hello, Velvet...welcome home..."
()()()()
"What's my favourite colour? Oh! Do I like vegetables? When's my birthday? How old are you? How old am I!?"
"Easy Morgan, you're overwhelming her." Robin chided.
"Ugh! I wanna knoooow!" Morgan whined.
Velvet chuckled, patting her sister's back. "Don't worry, Morg. I'll tell you all about...you...tonight!"
"Vel!" A voice called from inside the Shepherds camp. The family turned, seeing a grinning Lucina. "It's so good to see you unharmed!"
"Lucy!" Velvet greeted, embracing the future princess. "I wish I knew you revealed yourselves...you could have saved me a lot of trouble."
"How so?" Lucina asked, a quizzical expression on her face.
"Just...don't ask..." Velvet muttered, pantomiming gagging.
"Lucina!" Chrom greeting, stepping up behind his daughter. "And who's this?" He asked.
"Father!" Lucina smiled. "This is Velvet...Robin's first born."
Chrom looked over to Velvet. "Ah, welcome to the Shepherds!" He smiled, grinning at Robin over the girl's head.
"Thank you...uncle..." Velvet said, bowing slightly.
"Ah...there's no need for formalities." Robin assured her. Velvet blushed and stepped back.
"Er...sorry."
"No worries!" Chrom said. "Robin, I heard you found a girl in town that looked awfully like Morgan, apparently your future wife?"
Robin shook his head frantically. "Uh...no? What are you talking about?"
"Earlier, Lissa was going on and about it..." Chrom stopped talking once he saw the deathly glare boring into his soul from the tactician. "Uh, never mind then, I must...have been mistaken?"
"Good." Robin grunted, shooting him a glare that said; We'll discuss it later.
()()()()
"Really? But I like broccoli! It tastes super good with melted cheese!" Morgan hummed, kicking her feet over the edge of the bed.
Velvet chuckled and slid off her boots, climbing into the fold-able cot opposite Morgan. "I remember you refusing to eat the things." She explained. "You'd always make a huge fuss out of it, and I'd end up eating them so mom didn't get you in trouble."
Morgan went silent for a moment. "Speaking of mom..." She questioned hesitantly. "Do you know where she is?"
Velvet sighed. "All I know is that dad met her in Roseanne, before the war with Valm ever started."
"Wait, so dad lived in Roseanne in the other timeline?"
"Yes. After the long war with Plegia and Gangrel, dad wanted to get away from the country for good, or something along those lines. He travelled around Valm for a bit, and apparently he met mom along the way. They settled down in the village where you found me for a time, then Valm began to take over."
"Then what happened?"
"Dad and mom moved to Ylisse, to escape the war. Eventually, it caught up...and now we are here."
"So there's no definite place we know of where dad meets mom..."
"Gods, I know that face." Velvet sighed with a grin. "What are you scheming now?"
Morgan grinned and pulled out a thick blue-covered tome. "I have been working on a plan to get dad on a date with potential mom candidates. Now that you are here, we can set them up together when we find her!"
A/N: I'm sorry I haven't updated. I'm currently doing NaNoWriMo, and that's been a lot of my time. Another update after NaNo is done. I promise.