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Twilight Bee
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Music: Day's End
 Do you have to do this every night?
 Yeah, I think so. It'd be bad news if I build up too much dragon energy.
 How did things get so bad so quickly?
 ....
 You'll be fine, sweety. Mr. Ilan comes back on D-Day, right? He'll take care of it.
Yeah. Until then, I have to bring these out in a safe space.
 My poor little girl...
 If it helps, they're really pretty.
 You think so...?
 There's no doubt! Obviously our daughter would have the most beautiful wings around!
M-mom... come on...
 Might as well give up on being sad while Mom's around. We'll get through this like everything else.
 Thanks, you two.
 Now come on. Tell us about your day.
 Well...
What happens next depends on what you did that day. In our case...
 I saw Penny at the park today!
 Who's Penny? Wait there's another one!?
 Let's not jump to conclusions, Dad.
 N-nothing like that! She's a new friend!
Oh. Oh! That's great, honey!
She's a super sweet kabold who, um...
Likes to roleplay as a bush, I guess?
 Oh, was she the one hiding in all those bushes?
Yeeep. That was the kabold in question.
Aww, she must be shy!
Kinda.
She also struggles with PSYCHIC MAGIC that she can't turn off. She hears everyone's thoughts all the time.
All their thoughts!?
 Yes, even those.
Poor thing...
Eezeryh, the 'science bug' you met yesterday, has something that might help her.
 Also she might visit at some point so uh... try not to think too much.
We are so screwed.
We will be out that day!
 I don't even know which day it'll be!
I'll hear her coming! My fins pick up everything!
 (Oh right, that concerning fact I learned way too recently.)
Maybe it's for the best. Thankfully I'm able to resist her abilities, so she hasn't learned anything worrying.
 T-that's good... anything else you've been up to?
I visited my big sister!
There's a sister!? Dragon!? Close by!? Danger!?!?!
 ....
Not a dragon sister, dear. Did you already forget about Ceri and Daatra? They're sisters now!
 R-right, of course.
Wait-- do I have a dragon sister!?
Not that we know of. I just, um...
He stayed up late watching dragon horror movies again.
 This isn't a movie, Dad.
Sorry, I got excited.
 It's so lovely that you and Daatra have gotten so close!
Yeah! We're stronger than friends now, hence calling her my sister.
Hang on-- is she my daughter now? Do I have to start buying her presents for her hatchday??
 That's the beauty of this. We get to skip over having to buy presents because she's already an adult.
 You're not gonna give me presents anymore!?!?
You had to grow up eventually, right?
I wanna go back! Let's do thread one again!
 It took us long enough to get here the first time.
Good point.
This is the price of growing up, I guess...
 Don't worry, sweetheart. You'll always be my baby, so the presents will continue to flow.
Just when I thought we'd be able to control our budget...
Er-- hey! Let's move on! What else did you do today, Ceri?
I showed Gulketi around town!
 He's the small fluffy one, right? So soft...
Your father's been trying to think up an excuse to pet him again.
N-no I haven't! I was just...
...Thinking about how fluffy he is...
(Ah, if only they knew the truth about him.)
I'll be sure to invite him over sometime.
Though I get the feeling I won't see much of him if I do that.
Soft...
S-so what all did you end up showing him, sweety?
All the important locations! Like the mall, and the docks, and the...
...Gym...
It's so cute how you always get so flustered when talking about gym equipment~
 Giant ships sailing across smooth waters.
 ...!
I-I guess we all have our preferences, haha...
Runs in the family, apparently.
Fluff...
A-anything else you get up to today?
Let's see...
I spent some time with Skif today.
And had a conversation with his father.
How's he doing? I know he's been having some family troubles.
Well, he's more or less understanding of what Skif and I want. More so than his wife, at least.
Adele's always been hardheaded... pun only somewhat intentional.
Yeah. But it's nice to see that progress is being made.
 I'm a little worried about Skif, though...
He put on a brave face for me, but it was pretty obvious something was bugging him.
He's been drowning himself in books about the Ritual. More so than we usually do.
He's probably worried that someone will try to use it against you.
 We don't even know if they'd work, right? E-- Mr. Ilan surely would have mentioned them being a threat.
I already know his name's Euia, Mom.
That's his name!? He kept insisting no mortal would ever know it!
 Well, I mean.
Wait why does Mom know it then!?
Well, I mean.
YOU'RE NOT A DRAGON.
...Unless you are!? Man, that'd explain so much.
N-nothing like that, haha.
We've gone drinking before. You'd be surprised how little liquor a snake can hold.
Nah, that makes perfect sense to me.
After a few drinks, he bragged to me about how mysterious his name is, and then oops~ it slipped out.
W-why don't I remember any of this?
Your species are even worse at handling alcohol.
 W-we live in the desert! We're designed to retain water!
Now, now. I think it's adorable~
 Good thing my masculinity left me years ago.
I put an end to that~
...We're getting off-topic.
Oh! Right! Skif!
Bet he still has his masculinity.
For now~
Actually, that might not even be a joke. He kinda wants to have a sparring match with me?
 Kick his ass, dear!
He realizes your armo(u)r's like 65%, right? Can he even hurt you? How does armo(u)r work again?
It's intentionally left vague.
Boy, I'd hate to be the person who has to use our silly numbers for something serious.
But yeah, I'm hoping it goes okay.
Just don't push yourself too hard, okay sweety?
Yeah. I'll be careful.
We know you will. Now then, did you do anything else today?
Hmm...
I think that's everything, actually.
At this point, the same thing happens every day:
Looks like my D-ENERGY is in better shape now.
That's good. Heading to bed, then?
Good night, sweety.
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