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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 3:06 pm
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"When? I'd say never," Roses offered quite plainly, the slightest hint of a shrug in her shoulders. "I have eight of my own, and every new life I meet, every new parent-to-be, I find myself learning more and enjoying more each day. Like a lot of things, I don't think we ever know when we've learned enough- if there ever is anything we learn enough of. Does that make sense, or do I just sound like a silly old mare?"
She laughed a bit to herself, journeying on with him.
"As for the how, you follow your heart. You'll make mistakes, as we all do, and you'll learn. You can spend time with them, or you can leave them for the world to raise. Either way, they'll grow stronger and find lives beyond yours that you could never have imagined. I always say, so long as you don't actively harm them, there is no wrong way to be a parent." Her tail twitched, and she turned to eye the buck.
"What do you think?"
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 3:39 pm
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"You're open to learning and seeing change. I think you're going to be a great father, for what it counts." And she meant it. Once upon a time, Roses in Bloom may have said what she thought would make others happy, but no more. Only truths, even sweet ones like this. She and Half Truth had spent enough time dancing around one another not saying what they meant for her to do that sort of thing any further.
"Which is why I always say actively. There's a difference between active harm and accidental, in my eyes."
She grinned, ear to ear, a beautiful sort of giggle springing forth.
"My ladylove is wanting more, I believe. I've been hunting down the father to see if he wouldn't want more, believe it or not!"
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 4:03 pm
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"I suppose it is us, isn't it? Love is a rather funny thing," she mused, turning her attention out to the expanse of swamp before them. When the buck asked for safety, Roses in Bloom stopped, looking down upon him fondly.
"Then I give you this as my wish and my blessing- may your children have wonderful, delighting lives, and always make it out the other end of things alive. May they always know adventure, and on the road still, know that you love them."
She blinked, then sheepishly added.
"...What is your name, so that I may find you again?"
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