Getting Out & Moving On (Eli/Open)

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Nyx was taking the day to spend with Ruth. It was a nice enough Saturday, unusually cool temperatures considering what part of the year it was. Normally one could look at the weather station and find out, but given that Kazumi and Nyx both had a thing against media related objects, television and internet were a no no. It was amazing she even managed to use her damn phone, though she was trying to get better with all that.

Dressed in a pair of faded denim jeans, her usual black boots and a white t-shirt, she had a somewhat baggy sweater pulled over her torso. The sleeves extending down past her hands and the front hanging open to expose her petite, trim figure underneath. Ruth on the other hand was dressed in a pair of black pants and a little pink sweater, a matching hat situated atop her head and red locks spilling out from beneath it. Her little black and pink "Tinkerbell" sneakers tied to her feet, even if she hadn't yet even begun to try and walk.

First thing this morning Nyx had gotten her daughter dressed and headed to her Mother's gallery to check out the new section that Kevala had created with images of Ruth as the focal point. For a woman who didn't really care about people, she was very attached to the infant and didn't mind showing it. The images, as with any that Kevala made, were amazing, and Nyx had even been forced to tell her Mother that. Not something she felt very comfortable doing, but that she did none the less.

Then, after stopping to grab a cup of coffee, decaf of course, no sugar, Nyx had decided that it would be a good thing for Ruth to spend some time at the park. She herself had taken up jogging there in the evenings, seeing as how it was close enough to her house and all, and knew that despite it being located within the city of New York it was fairly safe, at least during the day.

The wind blowing softly across the open area in which she chose to sit, she would lay out a small blanket with one hand while the other arm cradled Ruth close to her. The baby was busy trying to grab a hold of a stray lock of Nyx's dark auburn locks, hell bent on popping it into her mouth and chewing on it if at all possible. It was a bad habit of her's and Nyx usually didn't mind, at least not until she started pulling to hard.

Though as she finished laying out the blanket, she would shift to lower herself down onto her knees, placing Ruth onto the blanket on her back and then sitting down the diaper bag that hung from her shoulder. A little smile given to her child as she tapped the end of her nose softly and then moved to take a seat, pulling off her boots and setting them aside in order to place her legs on either side of the baby, leaning down then and lightly tickling her sides. "Such a pretty girl...Aren't you?"

Ruth giggling and grabbing hold of Nyx's fingers her little feet kicking up a storm and her nose wrinkling as bits of her Mommy's hair fell down into her face, tickling her there as well. The path of her hair also creating a bit of a veil around Kazumi, though soon enough one hand would move to sweep her locks back and over her neck, so that they all fell over one side and left the other free and exposed. Her attention focused on everything around her, even if she was seemingly only paying attention to Ruth at the current time.

[Elijah Graham]

Nearby the area where Nyx and Ruth were currently lounging and relaxing, a lone figure could be seen searching the area around him. Elijah was panicking. He had lost his dogtag necklace, and while normally, he would've just shrugged off losing something of his, that necklace had important significance to him... He just wished he remembered what it was exactly. His eyes glued to the ground in front of and around him, he was determined to find it, even if it took him all day and night to do so.

"Aw man, where the heck is it? It's not like my necklace could just get up and walk off by itself... Lame..."

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Nyx would continue to play with Ruth for a moment before the little girl rolled over onto her stomach to once again attempt to learn to crawl. She was smart for her age, and limited mostly due to size more than anything else...managing to get onto her knees already before falling face first into the blanket. A little giggle given and then trying again.

Shaking her head, Nyx would just lean back, her hands pressing into the grass behind her and her amethyst eyes locked on her child. Though as her hands pressed into the ground, she felt something cold and rough against her right palm, causing her to pull her hand back and turn slightly to see what it was.

There within the grass was what looked to be some kind of dog tag necklace, the silver glinting with the the bit of sunlight that fell upon it. Slowly, she would reach to pick it up, eyeing the words that were etched onto it. She knew what they meant, and she knew who this belonged to, able to at least read various other languages despite her inability to speak them.

Once more her brow arched, unsure what to make of finding this here. She knew Kenshin, but she had not seen him since back at 1033...in fact, she had not even heard about him since then. Still, she doubted there were a whole host of people running around with his name, with his dog tags. That alone caused her to look up to see if she could spot him, fingers grasping the dog tags as the chain hung down from her grasp.

Ruth, having seen the shiny, instantly became distracted, rolling onto her back to try and grab it. Squeeing and giggling up a storm as she managed to get a small portion of it and tug on it, trying to pry the rest free from her Mommy's hand.

[Elijah Graham]

A glint of light catching his eye from the corner of his peripheral vision, turning his head slightly to look behind him, his eyes would widen slightly. Although he could not see the dogtags itself, he recognized the chain hanging down from the grasp of a girl seated nearby with a baby girl, currently playing with and holding tightly onto the chain, sunlight glinting off it every so often.

"Hey... I think you and your daughter have my necklace."

If Nyx looked up, she would see Elijah standing nearby, his hands casually shoved in the pockets of his jeans, looking half relieved, but at the same time, half confused. For some reason, this girl looked familiar to him, but he couldn't figure out why for the life of him.

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Nyx looked up about the time she heard a voice coming from somewhere in front of her. Her brow raising slightly as she looked at him and then down at the dog tags, her fingers uncurling so that she could get a look at the engravings once more. "Yours?" Amethyst eyes looking back up to meet his own, rather confused herself though for a different reason entirely.

As Ruth continued to play with the necklace, she would reach down and pry the little girl's hands away from it, moving the chain out of reach. "Umm...Your name is Kenshin?" Her brow raising slightly as she looked around once more, making sure that there was nobody else. She wasn't about to hand over the necklace to some guy who soooo did not fit the part. Not to mention, she knew she had seen these before and they had NOT been on the neck of this guy.

No, she would definitely remember seeing this guy before. He was hot...very hot...and well, Kenshin had been....not so hot.

Curling her fingers about the tags once more, she would retract her hand, holding them close to her to avoid them being taken until she could be sure that she was forking them over to the right person. Though Nyx did not care so much about them being his or not, she did care about being made to look like an idiot, and having him convince her to hand them over so easily, when they were clearly NOT his name...well yeah..that would surely make her look entirely too stupid. "Sorry, but you really don't look like the guy I know these to belong to....You are way too hot." Yep, not very shy at all, at least not compared to what she used to be. But then, that was the beauty of this being Nyx and not Kaz....she didn't have to worry about such things.

[Elijah Graham]

"Yeah. Oh, so that's what the name on the dogtag is? But no, I'm pretty sure my name's not Kenshin, it's Elijah."

His own confused piercing ice blue eyes looking straight into her equally confused looking amethyst eyes, the girl moving the necklace chain out of reach of her baby daughter, Eli would furrow his brows slightly seeing her look around, as if she was making sure there was no one else around, which Eli was pretty sure there was nobody else besides him.

"Um...thanks...? Really? What did the guy know the necklace belong to look like? Besides the fact he's Japanese obviously, because I've had that necklace with me for as long as I can remember, since I was a little kid."

Rubbing the back of his neck with his right arm, Nyx would be able to clearly see the tattoo meaning "hawk" on his upper right arm, which she may or may not remember seeing on Kenshin before.

"I feel like I've met you before... But that can't be right, I don't even know your name, or if I did know it, I can't remember it..."

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Her brow furrowed a bit more as she heard him explain that he didn't know what the dog tags said, or at least implied as much. Not saying much in regards to that fact, instead just choosing to grasp them tighter and hold them to the center of her chest. If he went for them now, not only would he be at risk of having his neck bit off, but would also be branded a perv.

"Taller than me, dark hair, dopey smile...I think he had a puppy..I really don't know. He went to school with me back at 1033. Was one of the pillars there for a short time." Then he raised his arm and her eyes fell upon that tattoo. Eyes widening slightly before her brow would arch just a bit. "Um...did you steal his tattoo too?" Her free hand coming up to point in the direction of the tattoo before falling down to rest atop her daughter, keeping the little one in place as she pulled herself closer and closer to the edge.

"M..My name is Kazumi..." Yeah, might as well go with that name given the fact that she didn't know who this guy was, but that she should have known. Or at least that is the feeling she was getting. He had all the marking of Kenshin, but just none of the...well....looks. "Look...I...don't know what is going on here, but whatever it is...its not funny." No, she didn't like being played the fool which felt kind of like what he was doing right this moment.

Ruth would continue to babble and giggle...looking up at the boy and making slight grabby hand motions toward him. Then, out of nowhere, she would reach down and press her tiny little hand to the ground....A vine suddenly appearing and wrapping around his foot, keeping him in place. "Ruth! You stop that right now." Nyx's free hand wrapping in the back of her daughter's shirt to try and pry her back, though it was easier said than done whenever Ruth had her energy locked with the Earth like that.

"Sorry...She does this sometimes." Offering a sheepish smile, blue fragments starting to surface in her gaze as Kazumi came forth to try and deal with Ruth and the rather odd situation that Nyx had found herself in with the boy standing before them. Another vine appearing and wrapping around his other foot, getting a little groan from Kazumi in the process.

[Elijah Graham]

Eli continuing to furrow his brows, the description didn't sound familiar to him at all, and he was pretty sure he never had a puppy, though now he was considering getting a puppy, to keep him company. It was pretty lonely in the apartment he was staying in. The high school and being a Pillar however, sounded very familiar to him, Public High School #1033... Gah! It drove him nuts how so many things were familiar to him, but his brain just didn't want to cooperate with him!

"Huh?"

Looking over and down at the spot she was pointing to, which was the tattoo on his arm, he'd look over and down at her and shake his head.

"I don't think I did... I mean, like my necklace, I've had it for as long as I can remember. I think I got the tattoo when I was in middle school. Kazumi... Why does it sound so familiar to me too... Trust me, if I knew what the hell was going on here, I'd tell you, but I... I just can't remember..."

Noticing Kazumi's baby daughter making grabby hand motions towards him, he would pick her up, but consider he was pretty much a total stranger, he would have to deny her, sadly. Though it seemed she didn't want him going anywhere, even though he hadn't been planning on leaving, as he felt something wrap around his foot, and looking down, would find a vine wrapped around his foot.

"Ruth... So that's your name... It's nice to meet you... Huh? Oh... It's okay, I don't mind."

More so as he found a vine wrapped around his other foot, hearing her groan, which pretty much told him he wasn't going anywhere, even if he wanted to. Offering her a reassuring smile, crouching down carefully, so he didn't end up tripping himself and toppling over sideways, his left arm resting on his knees, he'd reach out with his other arm and gently poke Ruth on her nose with his index finger, giving Kazumi/Nyx an easygoing smile that would make most girls blush, though it probably wouldn't work on her, who really knows.

"I think this is Ruth's way of telling me she doesn't want me to go... Though I don't know why I would."

[Kazumi O'Connor]

As her eyes faded from that amethyst color to their normal, bright, hypnotic blue shade she would tilt her head slightly, listening to him as he explained about having that tattoo since he was in middle school. She wasn't sure what to make of all this, and to be honest, it was proving more and more confusing the more she tried to think about it. Still, she wasn't about to let go of those tags until she knew for sure what she was dealing with.

Sure, Kazumi was a lot more understanding than Nyx was, but that didn't mean she was completely stupid...even if she was a little naive most of the time. "I..I don't know. I mean I went to school with Ken. Though the last time I saw him was right before I was murdered." She gave a somewhat sheepish smile as she absentmindedly reached up and traced the fingers of her free hand over the scar that ran across the front of her neck. The one that marked the spot where her throat had been slit that day while in the cage with the rest of the students.

"I just know that he had dog tags just like this, with his name engraved on them and that he had that exact same tattoo in the exact same spot." A little nod given as she kept those bright blue eyes focused upon his own, her free hand returning to Ruth who was giggling rather happily at the work she had done with those vines. Though soon as she was done flowers would begin to grow on those vines which covered his feet.

Sighing softly, Kaz would try again to pry her daughter free from the ground, to make her stop, but as she did, he would say that it was okay, her eyes shifting back to him as if to make sure and catching that smile. Being that this was Kaz, the look did indeed make her blush, though not nearly as much as his words did as he leaned down and poked Ruth's nose softly. The baby giggling and grabbing at his finger with her free hand....The mommy blushing all the more and shyly ducking her head down so that she could nervously tuck her hair back behind her ears with the fingers of her free hand. "Well...you are welcome to join us...Seems Ruth likes you and she is usually a pretty good judge of character." Yep, she was going with that, because Kaz was not as forward as Nyx and saying he was hot was NOT like her at all. Not that it had not already been said, but still.

[Elijah Graham]

"Wh...what!? You were murdered!? Agh...!"

A sudden stab of pain running through his head, causing him to wince slightly in pain, just as quickly as the pain had come though, it had disappeared. It seemed his brain had tried to remember something from his past, but no luck. A hand held gingerly to his forehead, he would try to focus on her, but his vision was still slightly blurry. After a little bit, his vision began to clear up, and his head no longer throbbed from the sudden burst of pain. What... just happened here?

"I... I don't know how or why I have the same tattoo and same dogtag necklace your classmate Kenshin had, and I wish I could tell you, but I don't know myself, to be honest..."

A bit of a smile appearing on Eli's face, seeing flowers bloom along the vines wrapped around his feet, he'd laugh slightly as he gently moved his finger up and down while it was in Ruth's grasp, playing with her, while his other hand reached out and would try to scoop her up into his arm, to carry her. Though... it did puzzle him slightly why Kazumi shyly ducked her head down, but it wasn't a big deal.

"I don't think I have much of a say in the matter. Maybe Ruth thinks if she doesn't wrap my feet up in vines, I'll be doing the 100 meter dash. And aren't you the cutest judge of character I've ever seen."

If Eli was able to carry her in the crook of his left arm, while his index finger was still in her grasp, he'd move his hand over her tummy and begin to tickle her with his other free fingers while still staying crouched down.

"But I'd be happy to join you two, I hope I wasn't intruding on some quality mother baby daughter time, and if I was, sorry."

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Her brow would arch as he seemed to have some kind of pain at the realization that she had died, waiting until it had passed before she would nod softly. "Yes...Some very bad people came to our school and one of them slit my throat and ...um...kidnapped me." She stopped there, not about to elaborate on that topic considering this was a stranger pretty much and the story took a rather personal and dark turn. She didn't really want to discuss it in front of her daughter, despite the fact Ruth was too young to know what she was saying. "Are you okay?" Blue eyes laced with a bit of concern as she softly fidgeted with the dog tags in her hand.

As he reached down to try and scoop up the baby, Ruth would release her grip on the Earth, which in turn caused the vines and flowers to fall away from his feet, though they still remained there upon the ground where they would stay until nature claimed them back or Ruth got her hands on the Earth again to remove them, whichever came first.

As he began to tickle her, Ruth would giggle happily and little hands would push at his, trying to push him away out of reflex though she was clearly having a good time. The whole time her little feet kicking up a storm and her small body wiggling in his grasp. "Well, if you say these are yours...I..I guess I cannot keep them from you." Kaz's hand offering out the tags, though she was still very hesitant...not fully believing they belonged to him, but not seeing anyone else they could have been. "I am sorry for the whole...third degree thing..I just had to be sure. It wouldn't have been right to give them to somebody without making sure."

She would shrug slightly as she waited for him to take them, though once he had her hand would fall away and come to rest upon her thigh, watching him with a soft smile on her face as he played with her daughter, loving how happy Ruth was right now. Though when he spoke she would shake her head, her hand coming up to stop him from apologizing. "No, no...It is alright. We are always alone together, it is nice to have a bit of company. Nobody plays with her that way anymore besides me....perhaps my Mothers every now and then....But that's it." Her tone soft as she looked down at Ruth and then turned her bright blue eyes back up to him, that smile still on her face. "We are not keeping you from anything are you?" Not wanting to be imposing on him or anything.

[Elijah Graham]

"You... had your throat slit and was kidnapped? I can't imagine what that was like... Yeah, I'm okay, my head just started hurting for some reason..."

Continuing to hold his hand gingerly to his forehead, he'd nod and smile weakly but gratefully at her concern, his own blue eyes making brief eye contact with her blue eyes, looking straight into them. Carrying Ruth in his arm, the vines and flowers that had been wrapped around his feet falling away, he'd tickle away at Ruth's tummy, laughing happily as she tried to push his fingers away with her tiny baby hands out of reflex, to no avail.

"... I think you should keep them. It seems to have more significance with you than with me. I mean, I can't even remember why I had it in the first place. Let's call it a gift, from me to you. Don't worry about it, you don't have to apologize, I can understand why. I mean, I don't look Japanese, my name doesn't even remotely resemble Kenshin, it wouldn't make much sense for me to have it. Go on, you keep it, I insist."

Returning back to playing with Ruth, now gently poking her in the tummy while gently rocking her back and forth, he'd end up being cut off mid-sentence, before he could apologize to her, his mouth left half-open, before slowly closing it and nodding.

"Oh... Alright then, if you're sure. I can't understand why no one would not want to play with such a cute, sweet baby girl, isn't that right, Ruth? Who's the cutest? That's right, you are!"

Continuing to gently poke her tummy, he'd chuckle lightly at her before looking up at Kazumi, and shook his head.

"No, you're not, I didn't have plans or anything. Since both my parents died in a car accident last year, I've been living in an apartment by myself, and I just recently joined a summer class at Public High School #8011, to earn the last credits I need to graduate. So it's pretty safe to say there's no one waiting for me at home to go out or anything."

Gently lowering himself down onto the blanket, Ruth still firmly cradled in his arm, he would sit down cross-legged beside Kazumi, his right hand resting behind him, and continue to gently rock Ruth back and forth, to keep her calm, while making silly faces at her and just generally acting like the giant goofball he was.

"I'd ask if you'd like to get something to eat, but one, you already have a cup of coffee with you, and two, I just met you, and it would sound like I'm asking you out on a date, not to mention you're probably married."

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Kazumi watched him as he continued to play with Ruth, her head tilting slightly as a gentle little smile curled upon her lips at the sight of him playing with her. Despite being so little, Ruth missed out on that kind of relationship with her Father, and it showed in the way that the little girl acted. A fact that killed Kazumi inside, though she tried her best to hide it from everyone, especially Ruth. Yet now, to see her having fun, laughing like that and being truly happy....it warmed her heart in a way she could not quite describe. However when he spoke of her keeping those tags she held in her hand, her eyes would widen slightly as she shook her head, fingers grasping them despite her resistance to the idea and holding them against her chest...clearly conflicted on what to do here.

"I..I couldn't. I mean...I...I just ...." Her mouth opening to try and finish her thought out loud, but failing as she ended up unable to form a single word. It wasn't that she was scared or anything like that, just that forming the right words for this kind of situation did not happen easily. After a moment, she would finally manage to compose herself though, forcing a nervous little smile onto her lips before again opening her mouth to try and speak. "I really do appreciate it, and I will accept if only to try and find out what happened to Kenshin. I don't think that you did anything...I just know that it is possible for somebody to disappear for months on end with no clue to their whereabouts. If I am unable to find out, I will give them back though."

Her tone so soft and sweet as she spoke, even as the subject became something so serious. Though it was soon lightened up once more as he moved to take a seat beside her, her smile softening as she again watched him playing with Ruth, noted the way he himself laughed and seemed to lighten up as he held the baby in his arms. Ruth was having the time of her life, giggling and grasping at his fingers...little feet continuing to kick as she tried to wiggle free from his tickling fingers.

As he spoke to her, Ruth's eyes would light up. She didn't so much understand what he was saying, but she did understand that tone, and that was enough to make the baby girl extremely happy. Even though she felt her Daddy, she had not seen him in almost two months now, and for an infant her age, it was hard to hold onto memories from a day before...let alone months. So no, she did not remember his face....tough somewhere deep down she knew his voice...and she felt him like Her Mommy felt her own Mom...

Shifting to place the dog tag necklace about her neck, she would clasp it into place and then lean back, her hands pressed to either side of her upon the ground. Though as she did, one of her hands would brush against his own, a heated blush forming on her cheeks, darkening them slightly due to her olive complexion, and she would quickly pull her hand back. A nervous little smile crossing her lips as she glanced at him and then shyly turned her head away. "S...Sorry." Finally managing the courage to look back at him.

Kazumi herself was a very shy, timid person when she was not being influenced by that other voice inside her head. Perhaps one of her more endearing qualities, though she herself never really noticed it. However when he spoke of getting something to eat, she would find herself blushing that much more, stumbling over her words as she looked back up at him and then down to the cup of coffee she had brought with her. "I..I wouldn't assume such a thing...I mean...I wouldn't think that was what you meant...Not that I wouldn't mind...I mean...Umm..." She looked down, laughing somewhat nervously, unsure of what the hell she was trying to say at this point. "I am sorry....I am not usually this...pathetic..."

Softly she would bite her lower lip as she cast her eyes toward Ruth who had taken to grabbing the front of his shirt to try and pull herself up into a seated position within his arms...her goal being to play with him more by bopping him on the nose and squishing his cheeks together so that she could send herself into a baby giggle fit. "She really seems to like you....Though, I guess its not hard to see why..." Nodding as that little smile curled onto her lips once more, shifting to sit upright a bit more, her legs curling inward so that her elbows could prop upon them just slightly, all the while glancing his direction every now and again, watching him as he played with her child.

[Elijah Graham]

"Yes, you can, I insist, and I won't take no for an answer, got it? No and's, if's, or but's. I'm glad, then it's a deal. I hope you find out what happened to your classmate, but regardless of what you find or don't find, I want you to keep the necklace anyways, because I'm giving it to you."

Eli tickling up a storm on Ruth's tummy while she tried to grasp his fingers, her little feet kicking away as she tried to wriggle away, it made him happy seeing her eyes light up, even if she didn't understand a word he had said. Feeling Kazumi's hand brush against his own while he rocked Ruth gently, his hand would jerk slightly away reflexively, looking slightly embarrassed by the sudden contact.

"N...no... It's alright, you have nothing to apologize for. I don't think you're pathetic, it's kind of cute actually... Wait, what am I saying? Uh... you want to go get something to eat then?"

Feeling the front of his shirt being grabbed, he would look down and see Ruth trying to pull herself up into a seated position in his arms, as his nose ended up being bopped and his cheeks squished together, pretended to act like a fish for and continued to make silly faces at her.

"Yeah? I didn't know I was popular with babies, maybe I should consider getting a puppy, to keep me company. It gets pretty lonely staying in an apartment by yourself... Though I'm not quite sure if I'd make for a good dad or not..."

A look of deep thought appearing on his face, he'd continue to rock Ruth back and forth gently in his arm as he sat up and would gently poke her on the nose with his right index finger, grinning cheerfully down at her.

"Though... I don't know how long I'll get to stay in my apartment for. Money is pretty tight, since I don't have a job, and the money I do have, was saved up by my parents for my college fund. At this rate, by the end of the month, I might end up homeless..."

[Kazumi O'Connor]

Nodding slightly, Kazumi would take the tags once they were secured around her neck and slip them down the front of her shirt, her hands pulling the large sleeves of her sweater down, knees being drawk up to her chest and arms wrapped around them. Slowly, her head would come to rest upon her knees, cheek pressing to the top of such as she smiled and continued to watch him play with Ruth.

"Um, if you would like, we could go back to my place and I will make something? I am not trying to sound forward or anything, just that Ruth is due for a nap soon, and I really want to try and keep her on schedule." A little nod given as she would reach out and brush a few red locks back from Ruth's face, glancing back up at him as he spoke about the baby liking him and chuckling softly. Another blush forming on her cheeks as he mentioned her being cute, enough so that she again ducked her head away to try and avoid him seeing her blushing...Waiting until she thought it had passed before turning back to look at him.

"Ruth is kind of special, she is pretty good at deciding who is a good person and who isn't. She get's it from my Mother. They both are able to just sort of feel when a person is bad, I never fully developed that trait." She shrugged, pulling her hand back and allowing her arm to once more curl about her legs, those deep blue eyes fixated upon his own for the time being and a soft, calm smile curled upon her lips.

"Yeah, I know what it is like to be lonely. It's just me and Ruth in our house and when she is in bed or at my Mothers' house, it tends to be a bit consuming, especially since I don't watch TV or anything like that." A little shrug given as her tongue slowly brushed over her lips, sighing softly once more and then turning her eyes toward a jogger that ran by on the nearby path.

Though soon enough, attention was once more averted back to him, her brow furrowing slightly as he spoke about being homeless. That wasn't good, and though she knew, if she had just stayed hidden away she would not be giving a damn right about now, she still couldn't help but wonder how she could help him. "Perhaps if you got a job?" Ruth's giggling breaking through the quiet calm of the park as she continued to be tickled, looking up at him as he made those silly faces at her and clapping her little hands somewhat awkwardly. She had yet to perfect that act, though she was trying just the same. At least she gave you the gist of what she was trying to do, which was enough for her right now. "As for being a good dad, I am sure when the time comes you will do just right..Just have to wait and see." She smiled somewhat reassuringly and would nod once more.