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Elyssa tapped her chin "I wonder if they can handle forular milk"

Slitheren didn’t offer an opinion

"We will have to experihan can help," I offered "She’s a healer after all"

"Good idea," Elyssa said "Let’s ask her"

I called Meghan and reached her on the second ring I told her our idea

"How interesting," she said "I’d be delighted to help"

I didn’t bother to ask the details because I wasn’t ready to play doting parent just yet We walked to the nursery I could tell the babies weren’t having a good ti Soel physiology, as Meghan had put it,to death

Meghan showed up an hour later, Ada carpet laden with supplies

"I’ll test different forhtliss her opinion, and she said angels eat food h the han about the trench "I wonder if Nightliss can co of which," Elyssa said, "aren’t these babies ed "It’d be confusing to change things up and start referring to them as cherubs Maybe we can cohan asked

"I love it," Elyssa said, eyes soft as she regarded the starving little Seraphim "Itsy bitsy little cupids"

Adahan produced so some of them frooatbut goat han said "Hopefully the cupids will find it palatable" She handed Cinder a bottle "You kno to feed a baby?"

Cinder regarded the rubber nipple for a moment "From the informational filhan said, alarm in her eyes "Just put the nipple in the baby’s mouth, okay?"

"Of course," he replied, head tilted with curiosity while Adairls

"Educational filerly picked up a baby from the floor, and cradled it in his arreedily Meghan did likeith one of the other babies After the bottles were e the two infants who now cooed happily

"It looks like either formula or milk works," she said "We’ll have to keep an eye out for diarrhea or vo if she’d brought nose plugs and a plastic coverall for protection

She handed bottles to each of us "Let’s feed theaunt little baby, and picked it up It stank to high heaven I wondered if it had been peeing or pooping itself despite the lack of food My supernatural sense of s forth the odor in all its glory Nose plugs, please! The baby sucked the bottle dry in seconds

"Should I give it another?" I asked

"Give it a han said "In the meantime, you and Adam can unpack the cribs and baths"

Adahtly packed bundles He set one down, and untied the bow on top The bundle sprang open, for like dia thehan and Elyssa fed the other babies

"Coochie-coo," Elyssa said as one baby smiled up at her, its little tummy round and full "You are just adorable"

"I’ll need water," Meghan said to Slitheren

The dragon slithered away about a hundred feet and abruptly dove straight down, burrowing into the obsidian slab as if it were butter Athrough the stone, leaving a shallow channel behind Once close to the cupids, he spun in a circle, carving out a bowl He resu another aqueduct on the opposite side before burrowing straight down Water gurgled from the new hole he’d made, trickled into the channel, and pooled in the bowl, filling it and flowing into the other shallow canal where it drained down the first hole

"Have you ever considered a career in construction?" I asked the dragon

Slitheren tilted his head and blinked at han said "I won’t even need to use the portable bathtubs I brought" She took the baby in her arms and lowered it into the water "Oh, it’s war at Slitheren "Thank you"

The leywor in and out a bit faster than usual

Adam and I watched as the woers cooed happily Elyssa set the clean cupids in the cribs until all thirteen were processed The giant purple leywor new cupid as we looked at the nursery Cinder picked it up by the feet, and gave it a gentle spank on its bare bottom The baby burst into tears

"Coochie-coo," he said in his monotone voice, and held a bottle to the newborn’s ," Cinder said, watching the little life for side effect"