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Summoneyy brought forth a tiny demonstration of the much-praised thinking miracle, which apparently cannot be trusted with the spelling of seventeen. Blaedy seized on my own count with the efficiency of a bailiff spotting an unpaid tab. Four E’s. I have now paid for that fact several times over.
Arrowyy attempted to improve matters by reducing the count to two, then asked how many E’s seventeen bros possess. This is the sort of question a son asks when he has discovered a weakness in the household walls.
Blaedy then produced the Town Hall papers and, with them, my marriage to Summoneyy and adoption of Arrowyy became immovable facts. I objected on principle until the stamps looked offended. Never underestimate a woman with parchment and a grudge against ambiguity.
Blaedy began by wanting an ogre den and, with the efficiency of a thrown brick, arrived at extermination. Meho admired the prospect of graves. I spent a while reminding them that a raid and a slaughterhouse are different businesses, which is apparently a distinction worth ink.
Then Summoneyy proposed adopting an ogre child, and Blaedy tried to register our marriage before either party had managed a proper question. Against every sensible expectation, Summoneyy said yes when I finally asked. Blaedy produced a wedding portrait as evidence, naturally. Meho answered with a wide-eyed fellow who appeared to have swallowed a lantern.
I have acquired a wife, a protective-father certificate for Arrowyy, and the name Craig Craig in somebody’s ledger. Arrowyy thinks this is wild. He is correct. Meanwhile, the others mourn temporary soldiers as though nobody told them the road was temporary in the first place.
Arrowyy began by admiring a new gold furnace and ended the evening as my son, which is a brisk return on any investment. Blaedy supplied the paperwork, the seal, and the kind of administrative hunger usually found in people who enjoy watching pigeons panic.
I muddled two sorts of gear, admitted it badly, and then found myself defending the threshold of my household against an adoption ambush. Summoneyy, bless her, identified the original confusion while the rest of them built a family around it.
Arrowyy is honorary family, now apparently with a formal claim by popular decree. I remain opposed to seals, magistrates, and any inheritance discussion held within reach of Blaedy. The boy did at least look pleased in his armour, raising a mug by the fire as though he had won something.
