It was just a month after they brought Aleksandra home, and Tezz was already doing the obvious.

"Okay sweetie… this is a Sentient Cyber-Cell… alright? This is the Double-Helix Crystals. Sentient parents are called AXONS."

The little girl just started for a second and started giggling.

Tezz forgot that baby giggles are contagious, so he started laughing too. It got to the point where he had to gasp for air when she laughed harder.

Agura stepped beside him and started laughing too. "Tezz, why are you teaching her about science right now? Save it for high school honey!"

He rolled his eyes and continued snickering. "I just want her to be smarter than me later on."

"Well, start out with 'Green Eggs and Ham' first…"

Aleksandra giggled and reached for her mom. "Ehh!"

Agura picked her up and started walking to the kitchen.

Tezz searched for his Algebra 2 textbook and started flipping.


Agura handed Aleksandra over to Spinner as he ran warm water on her hands.

"She's too cute!" He commented as she started making formula. "I just can't wait until she can feed herself and I can have more time lecturing Tezz about going easy on her. He's trying to teach her about Sentient Tech."

Spinner shrugged. "Well, that's just… Tezz!"

She nodded and took Aleksandra from him and carried her upstairs. "Well, he's JUST going overboard with this whole issue."

The Cortez smirked and went back to help Sherman with figuring out how to put in a new weapon.


Tezz was skimming one page after another as Agura entered.

"Hey, you mind feeding her while I get dressed?"

He shrugged and took his daughter and the bottle.

Agura sighed of relief and got out of her pajamas. Tezz kissed Aleksandra's forehead and yawned. "I'm sooo tired."

"Um, HELLO? I AM TOO!" She giggled and pulled on her Battle-suit pants. She tugged one boot on, then the other. "So how's the whole, 'teaching my daughter to be more smart' thing goin'?"

He shrugged. "I dunno, okay I guess."

"You need to give her a break! By the time she's twelve, she won't remember anything?"
"I can try…" He replied and continued feeding Alek.

Agura put on her undershirt, then her battle-shirt along with her gloves. "Weee… SO MUCH FUN LEARNING ALGEBRA TWO!" She closed the textbook and sat next to Tezz on the bed.

"We need to start thinking about family things. Like… another kid."

He eyed her and smirked.

"IN THE FUTURE!"

"Aww…" He groaned.

She wrapped an arm around him. "Maybe, when we get older, we could get a nice house, a puppy, more kids, and an awesome backyard!"

He nodded some. "Sounds reasonable. BUT! I would like her to develop my accent."

"I love your accent just the way it is."

"You don't think it's too thin or thick?"

She shook her head. "Nah. I like it."

Tezz kissed her forehead and handed her Aleksandra.

Agura kissed him back and put the bottle aside. "You happy to have a daughter?"

He was too engaged in watching the baby look around into the open space and point to random things and babble on.

"Yeah…" He mumbled and leaned his head on her shoulder.

Agura smiled lightly and twirled her daughter's thin black hair. "Are your highlights natural?"

Tezz shook his head. "Just a little."

She ruffled his hair. "It's cute!"

"Noooo!" He whined. "I don't like it when you say I'm cute!" He pouted.

"Fine then… you're ADORABLE!"

He groaned and leaned against the wall. "I'm not cute! I'm all like… rawr…" He clawed the air.

She giggled and let Alek roam around on the bed.

She reached for her dad and tried to crawl to him. Eventually, Tezz sat up and backed against the wall, his legs still off the bed.

"How come you can sit like that, and your legs bend at the side of my bed?"

He shrugged and kissed his daughter's cheek. "I don't know. I'm just a tall person. My legs are long so what do you think?"

Agura scooted back with him and sighed. "Today, is a good day."

"I know…" He replied and pulled her close.

Aleksandra was about ready to fall asleep on Tezz's chest. She yawned and looked up to him.

"Okay baby girl…" She said and gently put her in a small crib next to her bed. "I think you need a little nap."

Tezz lay on his side on the bed. "Me too. Goodnight." He pulled a pillow over his head.

Agura shook her head and jumped next to him. "Okay… let's both sleep together. I suppose."

"You better watch out, because you never know what I might do next…" He pulled her on him and kissed her fully.

Agura pushed away. "No more babies! I'm fed up with you! Argh…" She snuggled into his chest. "You're so cute…"

Above her, there was a faint growl.