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Yes, rare; Just as Gryphons were. Jonah had been the first in nearly a century that Talos had run into aside from his father. It was reassuring to see that even the rarest of species were still producing new life, even if it were in the strange events that followed the birth of Eva’s son. Unfortunately, the child’s life came with the loss of his father’s… “I guess the feeling all depends on the injury as well, but that should do the trick for you. By tomorrow evening it should all be back to normal, just keep it clean until then.” Pulling a roll of bandage from another pocket he looped it around his own palm, tight around the gash in his skin to stop the bleeding. “My day? Just fine. I have to say it was not nearly as eventful as yours seems to have been.”

Constance just nodded at Talos words and stared at her hands. It was a miracle. She had seen Gryphon’s blood do its work before but she had never experienced it firsthand. And to see her hands now … it would have taken weeks to heal on its own, if not longer and it would have probably caused a lot of other problems along the way. “I could take care of that cut for you if you want. I have medical glue here. It’s like super glue and the cut would be closed immediately. Although I guess infection is not that high of a risk for you,” she said gently. She hated the fact that Talos had to hurt himself in order to help her and the least she could do was treat the cut for him. “I’m just glad that for once the events were of the more positive kind. It’s surely a day I won’t forget anytime soon. So, how about that drink now? I think we both deserve one,” she said smiling.

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"I have only met a handful of Phoenix in my life," Talos admitted, "They are a species that are fairly rare, after all." He couldn’t say he had ever been around during the birth of a Phoenix. Majority of his life hadn’t been spent in particularly child friendly zones, after all. As she held out her hands he allowed his blood to spill over the wounds, knitting the skin back together. "I suppose I would not really know what it feels like," he commented, raising his eyes to her’s. "But better, I presume?"

Constance nodded. She had guessed that Phoenix were pretty rare from the data in the camp. There had been all kinds of mythics, but as far as she could remember no Phoenix. But she didn’t want to mention that, especially not in front of Talos of all people. “It’s an … interesting experience,” she said knitting her brows. It tickles and it kind of feels like wax is spreading and solidifying on your skin?” The description wasn’t quite right, but it was the closest she could come up with. “And yes, it feels lots better.” She could feel the skin mending and reforming in the palms of her hands and the heat and pain lessen with every second. “So, how was your day?” she asked grinning.

Morning After →Constance & Eva (& Gabriel) - Sunday, April 27th

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The night after her son’s birth Eva had slept like a rock. Luckily for her both mother and child were exhausted, and neither of them woke until early the next morning. The Siren awoke near six to the startling sound of her son screaming in hunger. Her senses and memory had taken a moment to return to her, but once they did she had flown from the bed to the plastic container they’d filled with blankets and used as a makeshift crib. Once the small bundle was in her arms she felt a momentary panic before realizing that he needed to be fed. The temptation to wake the human and ask for help had been strong, but she had resisted and nursed him back to sleep. Once he was again snoozing Eva had found herself slipping back into a peaceful slumber. It was mere hours later when she heard a knock on the door and knew it was time to wake up. After placing the baby back in the bin, she opened the door and smile sleepily at the doctor. “Oh, that looks amazing. Coffee!” Her joy at the thought of caffeine was unsurpassed until she realized she could once again have alcohol. “This day is looking to be quite pleasant. I’m just exhausted, still, but glad that so far he’s slept pretty well.” She glanced over at the sleeping boy and felt herself smiling. An odd feeling came over her, unfamiliar to the woman, and she found herself beaming up at the human with genuine gratitude. “Thank you again for your help. I don’t know what I would have done if I’d been at home.”

Constance was glad that woman and child seemed to be doing great and she let out the breath she had not even realized she’d been holding. “Good. So I didn’t wake you or anything?” she asked wanting to make sure Eva was unaware of her ongoing nightmares. “You’re welcome. It’s no problem at all really. And if you had been at home you would have called me of course,” she said smiling gently. “And look,” she said pulling of the soft gloves she was wearing to protect the new, still sensitive skin on her hands “All healed.” She grinned at Eva’s enthusiasm about the coffee and chuckled lightly. “I’m glad I guessed right. There’s milk and sugar on the tray if you need it since I didn’t know how you drink it. And while you do let me take a quick look at the little man, alright? Just checking his vitals and count his fingers that sort of thing. You should probably have Jonah take a look too as soon as you can get a hold of him. Since there are probably things I don’t know about mythic babies. And after breakfast we need to get you some diapers and stuff like that. I can make a quick trip to the mall and bring what you need.”

#c: eva #morning after

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Talos couldn’t help but wonder where Jonah could have been not to answer the calls, but it was certainly fortunate that Constance was there for Eva in her time of need. “Well I am glad everything turned out well,” He said with a smile. A healthy baby Phoenix, all in all he felt the results were very positive. Eva and the baby made it out just fine and, well, Alex seemed free of all responsibilities with the child. Which was good; Alex deserved to make himself a good little family when the time was right, with the right girl, and he didn’t think this Eva or the current situation was what he needed. “I am very glad to hear you are doing better as well. But yes, that I can help with.” Flipping the blade of the knife out he pressed the sharpened edge to his palm, barely reacting as it cut into his skin and blood began to pool along either side of the blade. “Let me see your hands, it will feel better in just a few minutes,” he told her, gently taking her hand in his and letting his blood fall over the burns, slowly mending the injury.

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“Me too,” she said relief evident in her voice. This could have gone sideways in so many ways and if something had happened to the baby or Eva …. Not only would she have blamed herself, but she was sure that a lot of people would have suspected foul play from the human. But … everything was fine and that was something she didn’t need to worry about. “It was so … I mean, a little baby phoenix. How many people, and human at that, do you think have seen something like that?” She gladly held her hands out to Talos just flinching lightly when he cut his own palm with the knife. She could feel the blood do its work almost immediately and felt her eyes go wide in astonishment. “Wow, this feels …,” she started trying to find the words, but failed. “This is quite the day. And I didn’t even have a single drop yet.”

Morning After →Constance & Eva (& Gabriel) - Sunday, April 27th

Constance actually managed to sleep through most of the night for a change. Her hands were almost completely healed after Talos had helped her and were now just itching like crazy. But that was a small price to pay. She had only woken up once from nightmares and hoped that she had not woken her guests with screaming. The nightmare had dampened her mood lightly but she was still in high spirits when she knocked at the guest bedroom door with some breakfast for the new mother. “Good morning,” she said smiling after Eva had answered and she set the tray down on the bedside table. “How are you feeling this morning?” she asked gently her eyes sweeping over the woman to look for any signs of discomfort. “I thought you might want some coffee now that you can drink it again. In moderation of course.” He glance wandered over to the little baby boy her smile widening at once.

#c: eva #morning after #location: constance's house

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Can I get you something to drink? Talos cocked an eyebrow, shaking his head the slightest bit to her offer. For someone who had just requested medical attention over the phone, she sure seemed awful giddy. “Alright,” He murmured, holding up his hands in an almost defensive manner, “No more worrying. Just tell me what is going on.” She settled down at the table with a bottle of whiskey, that grin still playing on her face, and Talos sighed, taking the seat across from her. It took him a moment to catch up with what she was saying once she’d revealed her hands, his eyebrows knitting together firmly. “Wait, what? Eva had her baby?” The pieces were beginning to fit together and her explanation only solidified it. A Phoenix, the child of the man Talos hadn’t been able to save all those months back… “That is great news, and mother and child are alright then?” Returning his gaze to her injuries he pulled a pocket knife from his jacket pocket, turning it over in his hands. “I suppose this all makes more sense, then. How are you?” He questioned, pointing towards her hands. Bad enough to want to summon his assistance, after all.

Constance smile became even wider if that was possible and she was aware that all of this must seem awfully paradox. Her hands were badly burned yet here she was smiling like a loon and giddy like a high school girl. “Yes,” she said happily. “Luckily she was here when the contractions started. We couldn’t reach Jonah so I kinda filled in. I called Fiona to help since I hadn’t delivered a mythic baby before,” she started to explain things a bit more. “We had to improvise a little as you can imagine since this was everything but planned and the baby was six weeks early. But yes, mother and child are great and resting upstairs actually.” She smiled again and her eyes watered again a little as she remembered. “It was amazing Talos. This little ball of flames … and I helped. It’s …” she closed her eyes for a moment to compose herself. “I’m better than I have been in months, but I really need my hands. The burns are bad and the risk of an infection with wounds this big is high for a human. I would be truly grateful if you could help.”

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With the way Constance had been acting over the past couple of weeks Talos had already been worrying about her. But adding on top of it whatever this situation was, it was needless to say that the Gryphon was concerned. However the woman who appeared at the door seemed a far cry from the depressed one he’d seen in the bar a few days prior; a genuine smile seemed to appear on her face, one he hadn’t seen in a long stretch of time. “Hi, Constance,” He greeted quickly, though his attention was quickly pulled away from the pleasantries when he noted the bandages that covered her hands. “I guess so…” he murmured as he gave her a preliminary once over to discern if there were any other visible injuries before stepping inside. “Tell me what is going on, please, or I will just continue thinking the worst.”

Constance led Talos inside and into the living room. It seemed like ages ago that she had sat down here with Eva while it had only been hours and their glasses and the cookies were still present on the table. Cleaning up those things wasn’t really high on her priority list at the moment. “Please sit, can I get you something to drink?” she asked. “And please stop worrying.” She could see that he was really worried though and that it would not change until he knew what was going on. But nonetheless she got a bottle of whiskey and two glasses before she sat down. “I think you might need a drink later,” she said in explanation and grinned at him. She carefully started to unwrap her hands to show Talos the damage while she started to explain what happened. “So, I don’t know if Alex already knows so you need to keep it to yourself for a bit, but I delivered Eva’s baby today. This wasn’t planned but we couldn’t reach Jonah and it needed to be done.” She held out her hands to him that were covered in second and third degree burns. “As you can see … it’s a Phoenix,” she said beaming at him. “And he’s beautiful Talos.”

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Talos had just been on his way home from the self defense facility when he’d received the call from Constance. While she had started off the conversation with a statement to try and not worry him the request for his assistance in the mythical side of his abilities generally wasn’t something he could take any way but seriously. It meant that someone was hurt, generally in some sort of more serious matter. So he’d changed the direction of his travel as soon as he’d hung up the phone with Constance, heading towards her home. He was rather certain he hadn’t gone to her address before but knew well enough where it was located; one of the homes in Inman Park, near Lily. Moving up the steps he knocked firmly on the door, rocking from foot to foot as he waited in anticipation to what he would be getting himself into.