"Shiny things, yay, but why're they here and on a tree daddy, is it fir a holiday." Herbert heard his youbg prince say seeing him playing with some of the shiny ornaments on the holiday tree with his lil paws batting against the bells loving the sounds making Herbert chuckle. "Yes a holiday is coming up, it's called Christmas." he said sounding out the syllables of Christmas so Rocket's lil genius brain could soak it in.
"Daddy, what's Christmas, is it as fun as the one where everybody gives you free candy and I can eat as much as I want without having to eat veggies or brush my fangs." Rocket asked making Herhert smirk.
He then explaibed all about Christmas and all the fun including Santa bringing presents on Christmas Eve which they opened on Christmas morning making the kit's brownish eyes widen in awe. "This is just as good as Halloween even better. Wait until I tell Teefs and Floor." he told him making Herbert chuckle as he loved being Rocket's dad. He was looking forward to their first Christmas together and working on shopping for his lil prince seeing him playing with the bells again chuckling seeing him stop turning his furry lil head left, then right making Herbert wonder what he saw.
"I heard it again, the song but I don't know and the voice singing isn't your voice, it's deep but soft." the male kit said to him feeling worried which Herbert saw on his furry face. "Don't worry we'll figure it out but you're not crazy." Herbert reassured him kissing his furry head as that eased his worry seeing him going back to playing as he needed to talk to Sacha and Simone
What Herbert didn't know was that his lil pribce's birth-father, Rocket Senior had been told by his other son Ranger what their mom had done to Rocket, kicking him out of the tree which had enraged the chunky, armour-wearing raccoon male so had vowed not to rest until he found his son and was on a ship so he could search the entire Galaxy if he had to. "Don't worry buddy, daddy's coming and he'll never let youngo or let your mom be a jerk to you." he said softly looking at a music box that looked like their family's tree home and played Rockabye when wound up. He would sing this to Rocket after he'd been born or cried and it soothed him.
He had no idea that Herbert Wyndham had found him and had adopted him, breathing deeply.
"So, he heard the song again, but what do you think it means to him." Sacha asked.
"I have a feeling ut's a memory from when he was on Halfworld as that's where I found him. All cold, sick needing a home besides I tried returning him but his mother refused, she scratched my nose." Herbert replied to both chipmunk female pilots making them hug his legs. They knew Herbert's heart was in the right place and he'd always wanted a heir and now he had Rocket exchanging a grin.
"We think you should wait until he's older, then you can tell him, just enjoy being his dad." Simone told him.
"Good points, you're right and he's excited about Christmas after I told him, he's probabky using the house phone to talk to Teefs and Floor." he told them