Dimensional Descent

Leonel fell into silence, his palm flipping to return the bow to the Segmented Cube. He didn't quite have an answer, he never really thought about it.

Even when he was with Aina, he never really thought about what their future together would look like. He didn't think about marriage, he didn't think about kids or grandkids, he never really imagined them growing old together either.

It was odd that he never did. A man like him who was logical to a fault should have been thinking about those things. And, at the very least, he should have talked to Aina about it at some point. But, he never brought it up.

"Do you want kids?"

Aina, who had been staring intently at Leonel, was suddenly caught completely off guard by the question. She was baffled in one moment before she went entirely red.

"What are you talking about all of a sudden?!"

Seeing her reaction, Leonel laughed, all his worries seeming to float away. She could be quite bold sometimes, but she could also be adorably embarrassed just as easily. The ebbs and the flows of this were quite peaceful and relaxing. Maybe there was nothing wrong with some forms of boredom.

"No, really," Leonel said after he finally stopped laughing. "Do you?"

Aina's eyes darted around. She couldn't believe Leonel had really chosen this kind of situation to ask this question. But, seeing that the answer was important to him, she bit her lip and nodded.

"How many?" Leonel pressed.

Aina was exasperated. What was wrong with this man all of a sudden?!

"… Ten…"

"Huh?" Leonel leaned in.

he couldn't hear exactly what she was saying. Was this really something to be so embarrassed about? As confusing as he was, this woman was even more confusing. She didn't even blink

ten, alright?!" Aina snapped, her voice practically blowing Leonel's hair

ten?" Leonel's brows rose. "Does that mean you want more than

"Is there a problem? I'm

more important to Aina than he knew, to think that he hadn't even thought to ask before. She even seemed a bit defensive about it, as though she was afraid that Leonel would

so than those cruel words

he should have been able to guess this

completely whole. But, for that to bleed over into her

wanted to use her as some sort of sow to

woman would have up, but rather because

so worried about? Like you said, you're doing

spread into a wild

baby, ten babies, twenty? He didn't

breath of relief before she rolled

turned away and began to walk

can you ignore me? If we don't start now, how are we supposed to get to 20? Think of the gestation

continued to

put it down so that they could go. She knew Leonel well enough to know that he no longer had any intention of taking the egg with

can think of a few ways," Leonel spoke as he took out the box once again. "No need to take it

raised an

"Really."