the little ones hang out (Alice)

Alice figured Blythe wasn’t wrong. With the children this age they wouldn’t have to go all out; less presents would also be needed as they could only really play with simple toys right now. “I’ll take photos on the day in any case. Babies first Christmas is special. They’ll have presents too but it’ll be their day as well as being doted on by Lucas’ family” she replied. She doubted they’d be on solid food by then so perhaps they’d be on ice cream instead.

Both her children were looking her attention now and it wouldn’t be the first time she’d be double teamed. “What are you looking for now?” she posed to them and then picked up Ayden for starters. “One at a time please” she sighed. She could only deal with one baby at a time.

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She had Ayden so that left Aurora wondering why mommy could hold the both of them at the same time. That was what baby carriers were for but out of them she couldn’t hold them both. “I would really appreciate that. They’re both active and Aurora is trying to climb and crawl already” she replied. So handed Ayden to Blythe so she could look after her daughter. Her lower body temperature would take time for others to get used to so Alice would deal with this for now.

Now she got to cradle Aurora and contented gurgling followed. “She started life with an oddity trait turned on. She’s clearly in a hurry and she has a lower body temperature with cold breath. That might turn into something else later on once she grows up” she added. She’d wondered once her babies clearly had oddity dna what they’d be able to do and Aurora showed hers right away. Ayden still hadn’t shown his but he’d time on his side.

“Has Messiah showed anything interesting yet?” she posed. He seemed to be fine where he was.

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Ayden was settling down the the holding by Blythe. He knew mommy and this wasn't her; on the other hand he could see her and he'd need time to figure this new thing out. He made a baby noise and that went with seeing another baby. Like Messiah he wasn't showing what he could do yet.

So cradling her daughter and keeping an eye on Messiah was the next job for Alice. "You've two new friends now" she softly said to Messiah. They were at the stage of life where everything was a learning experience and before long Alice would have hers in daycare; so even more people to see and to play with.

"Messiah and Ayden will show what they can do in their own time. Perhaps Aurora takes more after me though she looks like her daddy. My wings started to grow when I was four and I could fully fly by seven" she added to Blythe. With her baby girl cradled securely she drank more of her coffee. It felt good to just relax and talk with another mother. You knew you weren't alone but normals could do other things even if they hadn't special abilities.

"Humans can do a lot; just look at what Francis Lanchester managed to put together for starters. They'll also cause a lot of problems for the world; a lot more than oddity kind ever will yet we are still feared over the worst of humanity and called monsters. There's more monsters in homo sapiens but also a lot of good going on" she added. There was probally many human police officers wondering the same thing when it came to the self destruction of the species.

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So to put things into practice her calm daughter was sat beside Messiah. That meant Alice could finish her coffee properly but the babies weren't going anywhere as they were being watched. Aurora took a good look round before moving a little closer to her new friend. If you put babies together now and got them used to each other it would be a good sign for the future.

"These little ones fully depend on us. We do our jobs to make the world better for them as good and bad is everywhere. Not just here as I'm sure we'll both have overseas cases then their leads link up with us". She gave the babies a smile and let Messiah grab the tip of her finger.

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Alice had never lived in ideal situations and right now was as good as life had gotten for her. At least she could influence the world round her and try and improve it. There was big mess to clean up on this island but taking out the bigger players would at least improve things when it came to fighting crime. She seen this in a general way and not just taking out bad people.

"Well we do have rather cute kids. They'll probally stay cute" she replied as Aurora got to know Messiah better in the way babies learned what was going on round them. "Until then we keep fighting crime and try and make an impact". Their children would be here as they grew up and learn from each other; the parents would also have a big influence but so did what was around them.

"Just look at them. We need more play dates like this".

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Ayden looked round from being held by Blythe and them being friends later on in life was possible. Daycare would help that along and get them knowing other children as well. So Blythe also thought she’d like more play dates. In the absence of a park the pier it a beach would do and it was relaxing for Alice as well. These times reminded her that it wasn’t just Lucas and herself who deal with the babies who were getting bigger now. Perhaps not that far away from the first try at solid food.

“We can only try our best. And who knows? There might be another case coming our way” Alice mused. “I’d like more play dates too. They’re getting on so well but I think Aurora will be good with people. She’s so curious”. With more arrest warrants reaching her department there could be more cases.

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Alice managed a little smile as she kept a sharp eye on the active Aurora. She needed to nudge her back slightly so she turned to Blythe rather than wriggling away and off this piece of grass. “She is a handful but her brother will soon catch her up. I sometimes wonder if our island paradise is finding its own part of scum and villianary in the slums. At least the west slums are fairly safe. The rest you need an armed team to cross through and even that might not be enough.

And I suppose that is why we like it. A challenge remains that most cops won’t see very often”.

It was more like the Wild West without the cattle rustling and an urban jungle.

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(new case time?)