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Squealing, Ivy gladly ran along with Xander. She still wasn't particularly fast, but she didn't fall over as much while running as she used to. Naturally, Enkidu scrambled to his feet and tried to run along with them too, so Dark and Daizi had no choice but to try to pack up the blanket and...

"We can move there," Daizi said, "We said we would come here to let her play on the park in addition to going on a walk." "And she is certainly ready to run around, by the looks of it," Dark said.

"You may simply go in a t-shirt and jeans, dress yourself, and continue on your day," Dark said casually, shifting to lean against his wife. "Mama," Ivy said, coming up and pulling at Daizi's arm, "Play?"

"That seems like a problem for you to handle," Dark said, "Besides, you like venturing into public, and I despise it."

"Oh, that makes it okay then," Daizi laughed. "No, you certainly will not be doing that," Dark frowned, "Use your lottery winnings to rent a storage space for your walk-in closet, do not make me sally forth to do my work."

"It could not hurt," Daizi said, "In the worst case, you lose a couple dollars." "No, in the worst case, you develop a gambling addition," Dark chuckled, leaning against Alec. With an amused snort, Daizi chided him, "Even at your happiest, you're still the most cynical man I know." "I am the...

"You may not be able to go into a casino, but you can still buy a lottery ticket at 18, so you can still get your gambling fix in," Daizi laughed. "And you can be shipped overseas to die in a war." Dark said flatly, and with a wave of both his hands added, "Yay."

"Even living here, how often do you intend to be drinking alcohol and renting hotel rooms with minibars?" Daizi asked with a grin. "That's really all that unlocks at 21."

"What about twenty?" Daizi asked, noticing he didn't mention that year, "Are you skipping it or living it?" "Only in the United States, if you live those intervening adult years, when we travel you may delight yourself in sudden freedoms," Dark pointed out, waving one hand.

"She is perfect," Dark said, kissing the top of Ivy's head, "The other day, I looked at her and thought she really does not look much like a baby anymore, she is truly a full toddler." "In four months, she will be two years old." "How did that happen?" "In eight, they'll be 18."

"I had been on that journey for long before she was born," Dark said, holding his hand out to Ivy and pulling her close when she huried to take it. "She was fragile," Daizi agreed, a bit of sorrow still creeping in when she thought back to then. "She still is, really. But not like she was."

"I still cannot believe she used to fit in just one of my hands." Dark commented, stretching out his fingers and then at his daughter, "She was just under five pounds when she was born."

The food Daizi and Xander had prepared together was lovely, and since Ivy didn't have a high chair or any specific place to sit, she kept walking up and around them in between getting bites of food. She never wandered too far, and would sometimes present half-eaten morsels of food to her...

As they went to the picnic spot, Dark pointed out some of the more interesting trees and what their wood was used for. Daizi tipped her head back to listen feel the sun on her face and just enjoyed listening to her husband talk about his adorably nerdy hobby. Once they made it to the picnic...

"Context, I suppose," Daizi suggested, "If the recipe describes wood, you know to use the tree, if it's a recipe to kill someone, you use the plant. Also, I believe Poison Hemlock is from Afroeurasia, but the trees are from North America."