"Carina! Don't give her that! What if she chokes?" Merle exclaimed. Carina placed baby Midori gently on Queen Lexine's bed, making cooing sounds and tickling her on the sides of her stomach. "She's such an angel," Carina sighed. Midori seemed to understand. Her emerald green eyes lit up and she gave a heart-warming giggle. "Awwww, how adorable!" Carina squealed. "Pathetic." Merle groaned, floating over from a tub of hot water on Lexine's dresser, holding a wet cloth in her hands. "Here, let me through. I told you to get this away from her!" In one hand, Merle held the cloth while she angrily snatched a very thin, golden necklace from Midori's hands, which were covered in saliva and had just been received from her mouth. "Hold." Merle insisted, handing over the necklace to Carina, disgust written all over her tiny face. "It just needs some cleaning up," Carina began wiping the necklace against her sleeve when children's shouting came from outside, then at last burst through the door. "Take that!" "Ha! Missed me, now you gotta kiss me!" "Ewww, don't be such a moron Logan!" "Jab! Got you again!" "Did not!" "Betcha I did. and again! Score! I win!" "DO NOT!"

"NICHOLAS!" Merle screamed, her black eyes big as moons. She floated up and glared very menacingly at the taller boy, who was actually younger than the second one. Nicholas gave a scowl and lowered his father's dagger before facing Merle, "What? I'm busy. We're busy!" He stated firmly, glancing over at the other boy with fair skin and slightly spiky, dirty-brown colored hair, hazel eyes, and a shorter appearance. "And Carina and I are also busy! So if you two will excuse us." Merle turned Nicholas by his shoulders and began to lead them out. "Can we see her?" "What? Who?" Merle stopped and watched Logan turn around. "Midori, can we see Midori?" He asked. Nicholas looked at him, perplexed. "I guess it would be alright. Carina, is she ready?" Merle drifted around.

Carina turned from Queen Lexine's bed, holding in her arms the tiniest, most innocent looking baby girl. Midori was dressed in a tiny, white, frilly dress with two of the smallest yellow daisies planted in her soft, fawn-colored hair. Nicholas crinkled his nose, "She smells funny," "It's only perfume." Logan answered, and received the baby in his arms. "Careful," Carina almost whispered. Logan smiled down at the baby, who in return gave a touching chuckle, "She's beautiful," Logan must have not heard himself think aloud, since Carina's soft "Yes, she is beautiful," made him blush and look up sheepishly.

"I bet you and her will grow close once she's older. Don't you?" Carina noticed the blush in his cheeks and winked at him, making him smile with uncertainty and slight embarrassment. "Can we go now?" Nicholas yawned in the background. The door opened and a dark-skinned woman with long, black hair in a single braid entered, looked at Merle, and nodded, "If Midori is ready, they are waiting,"

"Oh, yes, we'll be there in a moment." Merle answered, and the woman gave a slight bow, turning and closing the door behind her. "Hold this, Logan." Logan looked up from tickling under Midori's chubby chin and opened his hand to receive Midori's necklace. "What, what is it? How come it has this symbol?" He asked, studying the golden chain, but more the glittering, golden circle that held in its middle an embossed outline of an archer's arrow. Carina came around Merle, holding Midori's blankets, shrugging, "Who knows? All we do know is that we can't keep Midori away from it." Logan furrowed his brow, and at that moment, Carina knew exactly what was being processed through his mind. She smiled, "That is, we can't keep her away from it, but with you, with you now it looks like she has completely forgotten about it. interesting," As Carina walked off, dazed and still smiling thoughtfully, Logan sighed and looked back down at Midori and was comforted to see that she had slumbered off peacefully.