How Green Becomes Wood

Dark was pleased to answer questions--she loved fruit and hated sweet potato, slept well but sometimes fought naps, but did not seem to show much colour preference yet--although he did steal glances over at his boys throughout their conversation. When they looked truly bored he said, "I apologize, my sons are still waiting. They do not enjoy these conversations as much as adults do and I would be cruel to make them suffer."
 
All heads swung toward the twins since that was where Dark was looking, but the other two did not immediately grasp the twins belonged to Dark. The first woman, who had seen Alec and Ivy together, remembered first.

"Those two are very fine-looking young men," she said, confirming to her friends that, yes, the redheads did belong to the Arabic man. "It is so rare to see a brother playing with a little sister like that!"

"Oh, do they get along well? Even with their age gap? Marvelous!" said the second woman looking at Dark with distinct approval.

The third woman sighed. "You are absolutely not single, are you?" she asked in a resigned tone.

"Mavis!" the first scolded.

"What? Just asking if the unicorn stands alone."
 
"I am very happily married," Dark replied immediately and proudly, "We just celebrated our tenth anniversary. And yes, our sons get along quite well with Ivy-Qadira, and she adores them. But I do believe the longer I linger the less they will adore me."
 
"Thank you so much for letting us see your baby. She is so cute! Have fun seeing the rest of the aquarium!" the first lady said.

The other two echoed her sentiments, and the three started to move off, gathering whatever family members they'd brought with them.

The twins had seen Dark was starting to escape Ivy's adoring fans, and they'd begun slowly ambling away in the direction of the baluga tank, fully confident that Dark would catch up with ease.
 
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