2588 Extended Family (Part 2)
"Let her breathe, dear." Bytra chuckled, dragging the Eldritch-troll hybrid away to watch over the kids. "Sorry, Kami. You know how overprotective Zor is."
The Raiju said while taking a cart full of snacks of all kinds and a recliner from her dimensional amulet, proving that despite her words she was no different from her spouse.
As for Kamila, she was still speechless. The eight gap of over half a meter (2'), among other things, made her feel like a child.
"By the Great Mother, if her breasts were hollow, they could store mine and still have plenty of space left.' Actually, her thoughts and Orion's weren't so different.
Ryla had a sweet expression filled with genuine enthusiasm as she looked around at everything and everyone that made her lovely. Now that she had folded her wings behind her back, the only signs of her inhuman nature were her pale blue skin and six eyes.
Yet the color of her skin made her exotic rather than freaky and for someone used to Lith, the six eyes were far from upsetting. To make matters worse, the Fomor kept only two of them open to better fit in with her hosts so the extra eyes were reduced to thin black lines resembling tribal tattoos.
"Ryla, this is my wife Kami, I mean, Kamila." If Lith had noticed her distress, he hid it as well as Jirni. "Kami, this is Ryla. She'll be our guest until Faluel can find a permanent accommodation for her."
"At this point, I should be used to meeting drop-dead gorgeous women.' She thought while her lizard brain screamed in panic despite logic dictated otherwise. 'Yet between the wings, the eyes, and those weapons of mass distraction I can't help but feel threatened.
"She has more things in common with Lith than I ever will and size isn't an issue since he can grow much, much taller.'
"Nice to meet you." Kamila actually said while extending her hand. "If there's anything you need, feel free to ask. You and Garrik are welcome to stay here for as long as you need."
"The pleasure is all mine." Ryla took the hand with both her own, giving Kamila a deep bow yet her head was still high enough to look down on the human woman. "I'd like to introduce my son to our benefactor, but it's his first time meeting other children. I hope you won't mind."
Both women turned around to see Garrik and the others play together in a weird game of tag that involved a leather ball and plenty of chore magic.
"Not at all." Kamila shrugged. "I'm just surprised he isn't scared of open spaces after living underground for so long."
"That's because each room of our prison was spacious and we even had an inner garden." Ryla replied. "Glemos didn't make us miss anything, aside from freedom and happiness, of course. We-Great Mother almighty, congratulations!"
The Fomor brought Kamila's hand to her lips and kissed it.
"I beg your pardon?"
"For the baby, I mean. When is it due?"
"How do you know about that?" Kamila instinctively looked down at her still-flat belly. "I thought that Fomors were evolved humans and that your senses were similar to our own."
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