[That night the pups spent it with Brad n Angel while Hater n Wander rested thru the night, the nxt morning, Wander was the first to stir]
Wander: Nnhh... [sits up n sees the suction cups attached to him, then stares at the pups for a while, letting his brain catch up with him]
Hater: (still sleeping) |-) Zzz...
Wander: [his brain finally caught up with him, then the memories of his two dead pups in his arms came flooding thru, n his tears started pouring out again] ;(
Hater: (yawn)... Wander?
Wander: [was sobbing, his hands covering his face]
Hater: (blinks, then recalls the events) ... :( Wander... (pulls the nomad close to him) ;(
Wander: I'm sorry... I'm so so sorry... It's my fault... I... I must've done something wrong... I killed our babies... ;(
Hater: No, no...we shouldn't be blaming ourselves for this... ;(
Wander: I can't help it! I'm the one carrying the babies! I should knw better! I should've known something is wrong!! Its my fault! IT'S MY FAULT!! ;( [sobs out loud, crying so hard, he was hiccuping]
Hater: (holds him close, rubbing his back) ;(
Wander: [sobs in Hater's arms, time passes by which almost felt like forever before he calmed dwn] ...Where are they...? Our... Our babies... The ones tht didn't make it...
Hater: (sniffles) P-Peepers took care of them... in a casket, perhaps... ;(
Wander: [sniffles] I... I wanna see them... I wanna bury them, with my own hands... [looked at Hater] Its something I hv to do, Hatey... Its part of my tradition, the one to carry the child must be the one to bury it...
Hater: (rubs his back some more) I can help, too. :(
Wander: [shook his head] U can watch... But its something I hv to do myself... Pls...
Hater: :( ...Okay.
Wander: [sees the remaining pups tht are in his embrace] Thank gob they're OK [cuddled them close n nuzzled them]
Hater: We've two boys and two girls.
Wander: Which is which?
Hater: The skeletor pups are boys, the nomad pups are girls.
Wander: [smiled sadly] ...We should name them
Hater: (nod) (picks up one of the girl nomads)
Wander: [thought for a bit] She's got my mother's shade of brown mixed with mine. Hazel comes in mind for her
Hater: :) Sounds cute.
Wander: Who's the second one... I mean... The nxt one after... :(
Hater: (picks up one of the skeletor pups)
Wander: He's got reli nice smooth bones, like ivory... That's it, Ivory. That'll be his name. Ur turn to name the other two, Hatey
Hater: :) Okay. (scops the other two, thinking what names would suit them)
Wander: [stroke Hazel n Ivory, smiling sadly]
Hater: :( ... (scoops up the second skeletor pup)
Wander: So got any ideas for him? [looking at the skeletor pup; unlike his brother Ivory, who's born a spitting image of Hater without hair, had a full set of hair a mix of orange like Wander's fur with green stripes in btwn]
Hater: Hmmm... Hunter?
Wander: (nod) Sounds nice, a rather strong name
Hater: (nod) Mhm.
Wander: Last one [gestured at the second nomad pup, which had red fur just like her big brother Crimson]
Hater: Scarlette.
Wander: [thought abt it then nodded] (nod) Sounds fitting. So we hv Hazel, Ivory, Hunter and
Scarlette. Heh, another one for the name book for us to keep track
Hater: (nod) Heh, yeah. (sighs a little) :(...
Wander: [sees his face n teared up a little, then takes a deep breath n spoke thru his tears] I wanna see them. Our stillborn pups. Its time I buried them. The sooner the better
Hater: (pets his shoulder) If you're ready to do this... :(
Wander: [sighed n wiped his tears away] I am. I hv to.
Hater: Alright then. (hugs him close)
Wander: [hugged him bk, giving him the greenlight to contact Peepers]
Hater: (uses his hand to contact Peepers)
Peepers: [was at the ship supervising the minor repairs] Hello, Commander Peepers speaking
Hater: Hey, C Peeps...We're...ready to bury them... the stillborns...
Peepers: Oh, right... U sure, sir?
Hater: Wander's ready to do so.
Peepers: Where does he want to bury them? I'll meet u guys there with the casket
Hater: (turns to Wander) Anywhere you want to bury them?
Wander: [thought abt it] I remember Janet showed tht plc where she displayed a whole bunch of sunsets to entertain me. Tht part of the woods is good, surrounded by nature n ovrseeing the sunrise n sunset. I want them to be there
Hater: (nod) (tells Peepers the location)
Peepers: Right, I'll see u guys there then [hangs up n made his way to get the casket]
Wander: [looks upward] Janet, I knw ur listening. Can u help Peepers show the way?
Janet: [slowly pops out] Yes, I can... U gonna be OK, Wandy-poo? :(
Wander: No... Not reli... :( But I will... Eventually...
Janet: [hugs him frm behind]
Hater: :(...
Wander: [sighed n gently let Janet go] U can help me keep an eye on our new litter here, right?
Janet: I'll hv my feelers on them, dont worry. U just go. U remember where it is?
Wander: Yeah, I do. I wonder if Sylvia is going there with Peepers...
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