Torvil sighed as he popped out of the nether with Ala and Surion, wiping his brow and grumbling. "We'll get that shadow..." He muttered darkly as he wandered towards the house.

"I don't get how it got up there" Ala said response

Surion pulled at his blanket pulling it of his head "peek!"

Torvil gasped and looked to Surion. "Did he just say..." All other thought processes gone.

Ala blinked looking down at Surion "You know I think he did" she mused

Surion giggled at the attention

Torvil smiled and tossed the blanket back over his head.

Surion pulled his blanket soon off his head "Peek!" she said with am excited giggle and a grin

Torvil laughed happily and kissed his forehead. "As for the Shadow, I think it got on the lost city... At least, that's my theory..." He murmured.

Surion squealed happily

Ala nodded "Guess that's the most feasible explanation"

Torvil grinned at his son. "I wonder what other words he knows now..." he chuckled, tossing the blanket over his head again.

Surion pulled it off "Peek! Dada Peek!"

Torvil laughed happily and kissed his son's forehead again. "This is so great!" He smiled, opening the door of their home.

Ala laughed "He is getting to be such a big boy"

Surion bounced happily in his mother's arms

Torvil smiled. "Yeah he is..." He smiled happily and kissed her and Surion again, before tossing the blanket yet again on Surion's head.

Surion pulled it off "Peek!"

Torvil laughed softly. "A boo!" He snorted and shook his head. "You're a riot Sur..."

"Sur sur sur" Surion said excitedly

Torvil beamed and looked to Ala with a happy smile. "He's grown into such a fine young one hasn't he?"

Ala nuzzled her son "Aye" she said softly

Surion giggled happily

Torvil smiled and moved them over to the couch to sit down. He tickled the tip of Surion's nose with a finger.

Surion went after his father's finger trying to grab it

Ala laughed and sat down with Surion in her lap

Torvil chuckled and let Surion catch his finger after a little game of keep away. He beamed at Ala happily.

Surion wiggled out of his mother's lap dropping onto the floor on his bottom pulling his father's finger with him

Torvil had to lean forwards. "Were are we going Lil Surion? Eh? An explore? An Adventure?" He laughed softly.

Surion looked up at him "Goig" he copied before pulling to stand at his mother's knees still holding the finger

Torvil smiled and chuckled softly. "Going? Where are we going..." He smiled and beamed, casting a happy. 'OMG he's gonna try to walk' Look at Ala

"Goig!" he giggled bouncing right where he was for a time holding her pants

Ala laughed looking between her son and her mate

Torvil smiled at him. "Going!" He said happily and looked up at Ala again. Then back to Surion with a smile.

Surion took a step sideways away from his father along the couch grinning "Go go go go"

Torvil smiled and leaned forward, acting like he was following. "Go time eh?" He chuckled softly.

Surion squealed happily and took a few more sidesteps cruising along the front of the couch away from his father

Torvil kept following happily, a grin on his face, eventually he got off the couch and onto his free hand and knees, crawling after his son slowly.

Surion got to the far end of the couch and stopped looking back at his father with a giggle

Torvil chuckled and looked at him. "Think you can do it? Or does Daddy need to go backwards?"

"Do!" he squealed happily and dropped onto his bottom letting go of his father's hand and crawling away as if being chased

Torvil laughed and slowly crawled after him making 'scary' growling noises. "I'm gonna get you!"

"Nononono" Surion squealed moving as fast as his little limbs would carry him across the floor

Ala laughed watching them

Torvil chuckled and laughed having fun and moving very slowly. "I'm gonna eat you all up... gwar!" He said in his most fake scary that it was more... well... funny...

Surion changed directions squealing and heading for the coffee table

Torvil aimed to follow, moving very slowly, knowing he wasn't going to be able to catch his child if he slid under the coffee table... It was way too low clearance for him.

Surion stopped at the table and reached up for it's edge and pulled himself to stand next to it holding it's edge and looking back at his father

Torvil chuckled and stopped crawling, sliding into a sitting position. "Awww you reached safe base..."

Surion giggled "Safe!" he copied before starting to cruise along the table's edge

Torvil chuckled and crawled around the table, parallel to his son, a big smile on his face.

"Goig!" Surion giggled moving along

Torvil laughed happily at him and beamed. "Yeah you are..." he looked to Ala with a smile.

Ala grinned

Surion dropped down when his father looked away and crawled under the table

Torvil looked backed, and pouted fakely. "Where did my little morsel of fun go?" He said, still seeing him, but pretending his was well hidden.

Surion giggled poking his head out of the table beside his father "Peek!"

Torvil laughed and crawled over, sticking his head down low so he could interact better. "Well hello."

"ello!" he giggled reaching for his father's nose

Torvil laughed and leaned forwards, making it easier for Surion to catch the bump on his face.

Surion grabbed the nose and pinched it before squealing happily and disappearing under the table again

Torvil laughed and stuck his head under the table. "Where you go?" He called after son.

"Go go go!" Surion headed out the other side and towards the hall

Ala couldn't stop giggling watching them

Torvil got up and walked around the table before kneeling back and following his son on all fours.

"No get! No get!" Surion giggled moving quickly heading in the direction of his room

Torvil laughed and crawled faster, so right on Surion's heels. "I'm gonna get you!" He said in his best fake scary voice. So it sounded funny.

"nonononono!" Surion squealed turning the corner

Ala fell back laughing

Torvil laughed and keep casing him, his wings unfurling. "Gwar! I am the evil dragon king, and I am hungry! I am going to eat you up!" He said, his tail thrashing a little.

Surion squealed crawling and disappearing into his room

Torvil followed him in. He started sniffing the air, playing at being dragon.

"No get! no get!" Surion dropped onto his bottom right beside his pile of stuffed dragons grabbing one by it's tail

Torvil made a horrified face. "Oh no! It is the good Dragon king! Ahhhh!" He fake yowled, turning and 'fleeing' from the room.

Surion giggled and swung the dragon around happily

Torvil returned slowly, this time as daddy. He smiled. "Hey Surion... Having fun?" He asked as he walked in and sat next to his son.

"Fnfnfn" Surion grinned and crawled forward into his father's lap

Torvil smiled and purred, kissing the top of his son's head with a smile. "That's good."

Surion looked up at his father "Dada!" he grinned poking his father's nose

Torvil chuckled and smiled. "What is it about my nose?" He laughed softly.

Surion giggled "nse" he copied poking the nose once again

Torvil chuckled and leaned down kissing his son's nose with a grin and picking up a dragon. He pulled his head back and put the dragon there instead. "Gwar! What am I?" He chuckled.

"Dragnose" he poked the dragon's nose

Torvil chuckled and kissed his son's forehead. "That's my boy..." He chuckled happily and put the dragon on the top of his son's head, and poked his son's nose softly.

"nose!" Surion giggled reaching for his father's again

Torvil chuckled and lowered his head down and stuck out his tongue. "Hehe..." He grinned.

Surion giggled poking his father's tongue and stuck his own little tongue out

Torvil chuckled. "That'a boy..." He smirked, rubbing the top of his son's head.

Surion giggled and reached taking hold his father's hair pulling to stand

Torvil winced. "ow...ow.. ow...ow..." He let him do it anyway.

"Owww?" Surion stopped now standing and looking directly into his father's eyes

Torvil smiled softly. "That hurt a little... when you hurt..." He pinched Surion's arm very softy. "You go ow..."

Surion's bottom lip quivered and he let go dropping down again

Torvil stroked his cheek and patted his son's head. "It's okay Surion..."

Surion stared at him with his bright blue eyes his tail curling around himself

Torvil smiled softly at him and brushed his son's head softly. "Shhh... It's okay my little one..." He slowly moved to give him some hair.

"Ow" he whined pointing at his father's hair before turning to crawl off his father's lap

Torvil shook his head. "No Surion..." He took hold of his son and offered the hair. "Not ow... only ow if you pull..."

Surion clasped both his hands together "Ow"

Torvil sighed and kissed his son softly. "No Surion, no ow right now..." He hugged his son lightly.

Surion leaned against his father's chest

Torvil brushed Surion's head softly with a smile. "Love you Surion..."

"Love Dada" he said quietly clinging to his father's shirt

Torvil smiled and kissed the top of his head. "Want stand?"

"Up?" Surion asked looking up at him

Torvil nodded and slowly started to lift him up.

Surion smiled softly letting go of his father's top

Torvil smiled and slowly stood him up. "Want stand or hold in arms?" He asked very softly with a smile.

"Up" Surion repeated watching his father

Torvil chuckled and stood him up, holding him in a standing position. "Or up up?"

"Up!" his face broke into a grin

Torvil chuckled and stood up, taking Surion with him.

Surion held his father's shoulder turning his torso to look around

Torvil chuckled and put Surion up on his shoulders, holding him there firmly with his hands.

Surion's eyes went slightly wide and he wrapped his arms around his father's head

Torvil smiled. "Don't worry I'm not gonna let you fall, you're always safe with daddy..." He looked up a little. "Bet you can see a lot better now..."

Surion giggled and loosed his grip only to take hold of something he could reach better that wasn't 'ow'... his father's horns

Torvil chuckled and smirked, shivering a little. "There ya go..." He chuckled. He thanked the gods that if he really needed to they could be made numb... With just enough force.

Surion clung to them and bounced on his father's shoulders as he was carried

Torvil chuckled and walked out into the living room, ducking his head so Surion didn't bump his.

Surion giggled happily

Ala was in the kitchen making food

Torvil chuckled and headed for her. "Hey love... Look I changed again..."

Ala turned and looked at him holding back a giggle "Oh no! you grew a Surion!" she said trying in vain to hold a straight face

Torvil chuckled. "Yep... And a big one too..." He said with a smirk, as Surion couldn't see his face in this position.

Surion looked confuse "Aaaahh?"

Torvil smirked and looked up at him. "Yeah... A really big Surion... Wonder what it'll do..."

Ala chuckled "Perhaps your new change is hungry?"

Surion blinked "ungry?"

Torvil chuckled and looked up at him. "YOu want to eat Surion?" He smirked looking at Ala for a moment.

"eat?" he was repeating the words he heard

Torvil chuckled and looked to Ala. "Care to show him darling love, or should I?" His stomach started to rumble.

Ala laughed bringing food to the table "You can if you want"

Torvil smiled and sat down, Surion still on his shoulders.

"Aaahh?" he wasn't used to this

Torvil chuckled and looked to Ala. "Food darlin?" He chuckled.

Ala chuckled and sat down

Surion repeated himself "Aaahh?"

Torvil smiled and looked up at Surion. "It's food time..." He smirked.

"Aaaaaaa" he let go with one hand reaching

Torvil chuckled and lifted him up off his head and set him down on a bare platter.

Surion blinked and looked back up at his father

Torvil chuckled. "Hmm... You think it's a little undercooked?" He looked to Ala.

Surion put his finger in his mouth staring at his father a look of confusion on his face

Ala chuckled

Torvil smirked and shook his head. "Nahhh... Definitely undercooked." He chuckled and traded the Surion platter for the meat one, and started to serve.

Surion looked around and rocked forwards onto his hands and knees starting to crawl off the platter

Torvil chuckled and shook his head. "Oh no! The meal, it's escaping!"

Surion kept moving "Aaahhhaahhhahh"

Torvil chuckled and looked at Ala for a moment before he scooped Surion up and plopped him in his lap, putting a nice easy to swallow shred of meat in his mouth.

Surion smiled and ate the food given

Torvil smiled and kept feeding him, eating in between Surion feedings.

"nyahnyahnyah" Surion said as a little of the meat got a little chewing

Torvil chuckled lightly and looked to Ala. "He's learning..." He smiled.

Ala smiled and nodded "That he is"

Torvil chuckled and smiled, nuzzling Surion's head as he gave him yet another shred of meat.

Surion leaned into the food taking it with his little pointy teeth nipping at his finger tips at the same time

Torvil chuckled caused the nipping tickled a little. He pulled his mouth away to get more meat for Surion.

"mrrr" Surion said reaching for his father's meal

Torvil chuckled and got him some more, offering it to him.

Surion made no hesitation going after the food

Torvil chuckled and played keep away.

Surion squealed reaching for his father's hand

Torvil chuckled. "Okay..." he slowly moved it closer.

Surion took hold of the wrist pulling the food in his father's hand closer to himself to get a hold of it

Torvil smiled and let Surion have his way, it wasn't his fault he spoiled his youngest was it?

Ala leaned on the table watching him "You like the lack of rush don't you" she said softly

Torvil nodded happily. "So much more time to enjoy the good..." He smiled softly. "And I don't have to face the fact that in a month I'll be a grandfather... again..."

Ala chuckled "Thought you said your grandkids were slowpokes"

Torvil chuckled, and nodded. "They are..." He said with a smirk.

Ala laughed "And Surion isn't?"

Torvil chuckled. "But it's okay for him to be a slowpoke.."

Ala chuckled

Surion watched his father "Mrrr!!" he demanded

Torvil chuckled and shook his head. "My we're pushing..."

Surion squirmed and growled "Mrrr!"

Torvil laughed and got him some more.

Surion leaned forward and took the food in his mouth hungrily

Torvil smiled. "Hungry little beast you are..." He moved to get more food, only to find... His plate was empty."

Surion looked up at his dad "Mrrr?"

Torvil chuckled and served up more, and moved to get him more.

"Aaahhh" Surion sat open mouthed

Torvil laughed, and popped the meat into his mouth with a smile.

Surion smiled chewing a couple times before swallowing

Torvil beamed. "He's chewing!" He smiled and got him another piece of meat.

Ala laughed and cleared the other plates from the table

Surion bounced as he took it

Torvil grinned and got ready to get more meat for his son, his own hunger forgotten.

Surion took the meat happily

Torvil smiled, and aimed to keep feeding him till he was full.

Surion pushed his father's hand away and squirmed to get out of his father's lap once full

Torvil grinned and popped the meat into his mouth. He put Surion back on the platter.

Surion rolled to his hands and knees and started crawling away

Torvil laughed softly. "Watch out Surion, There's only so much table.."

The words stopped Surion only long enough for him to look over his shoulder before he kept going his little tail swaying back and forth

Torvil chuckled and looked to Ala for a moment before getting up and making sure Surion didn't fall off the table.

Ala was standing at sink cleaning the dishes

Surion got to the edge and looked over it

Torvil chuckled. "That's the ground, if you go off that way... ow..."

Surion pointed over the edge "Ow"

"Yes, fall go boom, and go ow..." He said softly.

"Boom" Surion repeated still staring over the edge

"yes, Boom ow..." He chuckled, slowly learning how to communicate with his young son.

"Dowww" he pointed again

Torvil moved over to Surion picking him up and putting him down on the floor.

Surion squealed and crawled to the nearest chair grabbing hold of it's edge and using it to pull to stand

Torvil laughed and watched him with a grin.

Surion looked at his father for a moment before looking at the chair for a moment lifting a leg and leaning forward in an attempt to climb though he was too short to get enough leverage

Torvil chuckled and moved over, giving Surion a little boost.

Surion giggled getting atop of the chair ad turning till he was sitting on it

Torvil smiled. And sat in front of the chair with a grin.

Surion grinned and pointed to himself "Sur!"

Torvil smiled and nodded happily. "Sur!"

Surion pointed to him "Dada"

Torvil chuckled. "Yes, Dada..." He smiled and pointed at Ala who could be seen at the sink. "Whoozat?"

"Mama!" she said clapping his hands

Torvil chuckled. "Good job!" He smiled and leaned up to plant a Kiss on Surion's forehead.

Surion giggled and a moment later yawned

Torvil smiled. "I think it's naptime..." He chuckled softly, moving to pick Surion up.

"Nap no no no" he said squirming

Torvil chuckled. "Fine... No nap... how bout... game?"

"Game?" he said looking up at him

Ala laughed "You spoil him"

Torvil chuckled and looked over his shoulder with a wink mouthing. 'Or I trick him.' He turned back to Surion. "Yeah It's really fun... It's called... Play Dead... I bet you can't beat me."

"Play?" Surion looked at him blinking

Torvil chuckled and lay back on the ground. "Well you fake that you're dead see... like this..." He lay perfectly still.

Surion reached up smacking his open hand on his father's cheek "Up"

Torvil laughed and sat up. "Cheater... Now you try..." He chuckled, putting him on the ground.

Surion sat there watching him then flopped sideways laying watching him open-eyed his tail swaying on the floor

Torvil chuckled and watched him. "Better close your eyes... Can't be dead with open eyes..." He smirked.

"Clse?" he blinked

Torvil chuckled and lay next to him shutting his eyes. "Close"

Surion poked his father's closed eye "Clse"

Torvil chuckled softly. "Close..." He smirked, opening the none poked one.

Surion giggled and reached to poke the second eye "Clse!"

Torvil closed it quickly to avoid getting it poked.

Surion giggled rolling onto his back clapping his hands happily

Torvil chuckled. "Now you do it..."

"Do do do" Surion grinned widely

Torvil chuckled and smirked, sitting up. "Bet you can't catch me..."

Surion watch him for a moment before rolling and getting up on his hands and knees

Torvil chuckled and started scooting away quickly.

Surion giggled and followed after his father

Torvil tired to keep out of his reach completely.

Surion soon got frustrated and changed directions making a beeline under the coffee table as they got close

Torvil chuckled and moved to cut him off, tossing his body out in front of him like a wall.

Surion whined and turned for another piece of furniture he could get under

Torvil frowned and slowly moved again this time to catch him.

Surion kept moving as his father tried to catch him

"Surion, daddy's sorry..." He said softly.

Surion stopped looking over his shoulder at his father

Torvil came over and picked up his son, sliding him into his lap. "Look you caught me!"

"Aaah?" Surion looked at him

Torvil chuckled softly and kissed his forehead.

Surion turned and tried to crawl out of his father's lap again

Torvil let him go wanting to see where he was going.

Surion got out and made a bee-line for the coffee table again

Torvil chuckled and followed him slowly.

Surion went under it and stopped

Torvil watched him, laying on his tummy. "Whatcha up to?"

Surion rolled onto his side looking at his father from under the table

Torvil grinned and watched him. "is it comfy under there?"

Surion's thumb made it into his mouth as he lay quietly his blue eyes on his father

Torvil grinned and moved closer, sliding his hand under the table to stroke his son's cheek softly, he started to hum.

Surion's eyes slowly closed his free hand making grabby motions as they did

Torvil moved quickly and brought him his blanket sliding it under the table to him.

Surion's hand clung to it pulling it to himself as his eyes stayed fully closed and he started to doze off

Torvil smiled and slowly started to pull Surion from out from under the table.

Surion opened his eyes and squirmed not yet fully asleep

Torvil sighed and stopped moving him, letting him slowly fall back to sleep.

Surion rolled and closed his eyes again

Torvil waited for a fifty count before moving him again.

Surion was asleep this time

Torvil smiled and slowly moved him out from under the table and into his arms. He got up and headed for his and Ala's room.

Ala watched Torvil carry Surion down the hall and followed

Torvil slowly put Surion in the middle of the bed and kicked off his shoes, sliding in on his side and holding his son close.

"You taking a nap too love?" she asked quietly

Torvil chuckled softly. "No, not really, just want to lay with him..."

Ala chuckled softly and nodded turning and heading back out of the room to let them rest

Torvil smiled and cuddled with Surion, slowly dosing off.