Delicate Two

I was making my way to the main fires when I realized that Cana had gone into labor .. right there ... at the fires ... the word "now" becoming a very impacting and important sort of word to me.

I stopped so suddenly my boots dug up small divots in the soil and I could not crawl backwards through myself fast enough. Tarra was there with her .. she was going to be fine. I kept telling myself that and still gaped like a smooth cheeked boy .. torn between the need for flight and the desire to fight my own daemons for the sake of my friend .. but then I heard Ba'atar's voice and Jai was there .. I would have been nothing but a lump to trip over so I took the flight option and ran with it .. literally. Surely there was something I could fight .. kill ... protect the Tribe from. Those things a man feels comfortable with. At least .. this man.

Rumor had it later that Cana had given Ba'atar twin girls. That had to have the Ubar calling the Sky into question. Something that made me chuckle. Concerned with and pleased to hear that Cana was doing fine. Logic told me that she had done this a few times before and she seemed to be rather good at it .. but my own daemons would of course insist otherwise until I learned for sure.

I was headed in to the main fires seeking my one cup of blackwine that I took great pleasure in ... when I saw Cana seated by the Ubar's personal fire and I veered off to see her. She had the babes in a basket and they looked so small and helpless. She offered to let me hold one .. but that was too much for me ... I could not.

I can not look upon them .. babes that is ... without a bit of Tuchuk emotion and pride. Arrogance of man who says .. see this? We are a great nation full of strong men. In my better moments I will acknowledge a woman's part in it all. Usually though it is still a tribute to how awesome we are to have women this great. Not something I tend to say out loud though for it tends to get me cracked upside the head with a cooking pot when I least expect it.

I am in awe for the delicate perfect match of exquisite femininity. Such raw potential power for good or evil. It stops me .. making me watch and think and see beyond the moment and beyond the humanity. I wonder what the Sky has in store for these tiny fragments of beauty.