"Babies can do that to you." Baba Yaga sighed. "At least it means that Lith and Solus are both in good health and that this is not as urgent as I feared."
"It actually is." Elina said. "Don’t worry, you won’t have to wait long. I have my methods."
She walked to the kitchen and turned on the stove, preparing a fresh pot of tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.
"Do you want to join us for breakfast?"
"I don’t want to intrude." Acala cleared his throat in embarrassment. "I’m-"
"Yes, please!" Dawn cut him short. "I’ll take one serving of everything and so will he."
"Of course." Elina chuckled as she prepared pancakes and cooked a fresh batch of biscuits. "And what he won’t eat, you will."
"Nailed it in one." Dawn sniffed at the oven like a hunting dog, right beside the hunting dog.
Lucky, the Ernas family pet, moved his big, round eyes from the bacon sizzling in the pan to Elina, hoping for an early snack.
"You really remind me of Solus." Elina said. "Do you also like eating?"
"Very." Dawn nodded. "It’s a new thing for me. I’ve got my own body only for a short while."
"Sounds like Solus." Elina smiled, glossing over the part about the excuse getting old.
As the sweet scent of chocolate, pancakes, and cookies wafted through the air, many stomachs grumbled in hunger.
"Cookies!" Solus reached full awareness the moment her nose recognized the familiar smell.
"Syrup!" Kamila said, her body ready to face the challenge. "Bacon! Ice cream!"
"You can eat anything you want in any combination you prefer as long as you don’t do it in front of me." Lith felt his stomach churning.
"Spoilsport." Kamila used Spirit Magic to lift herself and bolted out of the door almost too fast for Lith to follow.
"I’m not going to miss this." He grunted.
"I heard that!" She yelled from a distance, her mouth already full and her voice muffled.
"I’m not going to miss the super hearing either." Lith snorted.
"I heard that too!" Kamila grunted. "Gods, Lith can be so insensitive at times."
"Word, sister." Solus munched angrily.
"Solus, Kami, please say hello to our guests." Elina said, clearing her throat.
Only then did the two women stop eating like famished trolls and recognize the presence of unfamiliar faces sitting at their table.
"Malyshka!" Solus tried to say, but what came out of her mouth was mostly biscuit crumbs. "How long have you been sitting there?"
"Long enough." The Mother frowned at Solus’ eating habits. "Where’s Ripha? Isn’t she going to join us?"
"I’m right here." Menadion arrived a few steps ahead of Lith. "I need privacy to get dressed and take on a human appearance, and Lith was so kind to wait for me."
"I’m so sorry!" Kamila and Solus stopped eating in embarrassment.
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