K'vk'tun. The beach by the clinic. Visitation.

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The beach was nice; immaculate white sand broken only by large black rocks.  The weather was that nice kind of sunny day with a breeze that cooled you off but didn't render you chilly.  The vivid blue sky was dotted with cotton-ball-like clouds.  If she didn't know any better she could have convinced herself that this was Florida and not another planet entirely.

Amidst the crashing of the waves could be heard the laughter of children playing somewhere nearby, and every so often a brindle greyhound dog would take off for the other end of the beach.

Ramada grinned.

"This vacation was a good idea."

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He kissed her, then rolled his eyes slightly and looked toward his daughter. "Remember all those times you whined about being an only kid?"

"Like... bleep I did." Rhea frowned uneasily and shoved the incidents from her mind.

David scowled, wondering if his memory was shot, but then shook his head and gestured to her to come closer. "Look at this?"

The thirteen year old did so, walking around her mother and then hunkering down to look at the baby. "Hey... he looks like Maataa."

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"Yes," Ramada said, turning to watch. "I found him here."

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"Found him?" Rhea gave her that thirteen year old look that said she was an idiot for thinking she'd fall for that.

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"Well," Ramada said, "you won't believe what really happened, so..."

She turned around and looked at Mykayla as though imploring her friend for help.

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"Alien nanites came and turned a cactus into a baby." She rubbed her belly as Isaiah woke and started searching for his father.

Rhea blinked.

So did David, but then he looked down at the little guy resting on his chest and met those big eyes. "He's not human?"

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Ramada shrugged. "Apparently not..."

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Rhea pondered that for a moment, then deftly relieved her father of him and lead the rest of the kids inside.

"Hey!" David went to start up after her, but then groaned as Scrat sat on him without pausing his work.

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Ramada just shook her head. "Nonetheless," she said to Mykayla, "we should get him fed..."

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"I think that's what Rhea has in mind." She cocked her head and listened inside the house. "He just stopped fussing."

"He's ours, right?" David frowned around.

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"I... guess?"

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"He better be! He looks just like you!"

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"Only because he looked like he was going to cry so I went to hold him! The last time I checked holding a baby did not automatically qualify you as his parent."

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"You don't want him?" He frowned hazily.

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"I don't want to make a hasty decision," she said flatly. "Like I said, I'm not quite so selfless as some other people here."

She pushed her hair behind her ears. "I'd like to at least know what I'm dealing with."