Hondo grimaced at the current conversation.  
 
Hondo: I didn't sleep last night so I'm tired and grouchy, but you caught me in a good mood. So I'll leave before y'all ruin my mood.  
 
Hondo took a couple steps forward.  He then stopped and look at morro. He was close to her,  close enough to put his pointed finger just inches from her nose.
 
Hondo: and you.  . . The only two things you could do that I'd like is to either pack up all your people and get the hell outta this galaxy  or borrow a nice big knife and commit harakiri.
 
Hondo turned and headed to his camper leaving Fernando to deal with them. He felt bad to do so but if his good mood was lost he'd only make things worse today.
 
Hondo walked up to the camper and opened the door. He was met with a chorus of " good morning, Hondo", from Ruth and the girls.  
 
Hondo: Mornin' ladies.  
 
Valentine:  it will be ready in about 10 minutes.  
 
Hondo: can the ladies handle finishing?
 
Ruth: we got it if you need her.
 
Hondo: thanks.
 
Valentine:  what do you need?
 
Hondo:  some more coffee then a short walk.
 
Valentine knew it meant he needed to talk to her.  She refilled his coffee cup, gave it too him and followed him. They walked out of camp a short ways, away from Fernando and Jeanette's group. They walked in silence for a minute until Valentine broke the silence.  
 
Valentine:  what's wrong?  
 
Hondo:  lots of things, I reckon, but that's not what I want to talk about.
 
Valentine  sighed: that's good. So, what's up.
 
Hondo: I talked with Fernando just now.  
 
Valentine:  about?  
 
Hondo: about us being parents.
 
Valentine:  he have any news dor us?
 
Hondo: no. But we had a good talk. So, do yoi mind that  your daughters are wesen?
 
Valentine: why shoukd i mind . .wait . .what?!?
 
Hondo: he is gonna try his best to make sure thhe timeline stabalizes right so not to lose anyone further. we are gonna try ro help fix theor DNA for theirbsake but he told me what i already knew.
 
Valentine: what?
 
Hondo: that they need us. We cant worry about what might be as they need us now. Parenting can't wait until it's convenient or everything is just right. True parenting is dealing with life as it hits you.  
 
Valentine: Like that songs says, " life is what jappens while you are busy making other plans."
 
Hondo: Exactly.  
 
Valentine leaped into Hondos arms and hugged him tight.
 
Valentine:  thank you! I knew it was the right thing to do.
 
.Hondo: I dis too but was too busy analyzing it a to do what needed done. I usually just go with my gut but and it's right but I failed my instincts.
 
Valentine:  you weren't wrong.  Its an important life changing decision.  In sorry I couldn't have help talk with you about it.
 
Hondo:  I should have. I was just worried it wouldn't work and hurt you.I ended up hurting you instead of protecting you.
 
Valentine:  you didn't hurt me. I have been a bit Moody lately and I'm sorry. I am just.  . .
 
Hondo: a nympho?  
 
Valentine smaked him on the shoulder.  
 
Valentine: No! Well yeah. I mean.  .
 
Hondo:  no, we need more alone time. And we will get some but for now it will be hard.
 
Valentine:  I understand.  
 
She kissed him long and softly.
 
Valentine:  I love you,  so much.
 
Hondo: I love you too.
 
Valentine:  let's go tell Zoey.
 
Hondo: one more thing.
 
Valentine:  what's up.
 
Hondo: Tonya.
 
Valentine:  you want to adopt her too?
 
Hondo: I know she is older but she needs someone too. Fernando said he'd take her if we didn't think we could handle it but he thinks we can and that she is better off with us.
 
Valent: I guess I didn't think about her that much. I thought she was older until she told us her age yesterday, which reminds me, today is her birthday. She said she is turning 18. I have a feeling it's Only 17 though.  
 
Hondo: I can have a talk with her about it and we should do something whether we take her in or not.
 
Valentine:  what do you think?
 
Homdo:  I think she would appreciate it. She figured out it was I who sat up with her last night.
 
Valentine:  what did she say?
 
Hondo: she was near tears and hugged me like I've  never been hugged before. She held onto me like her life depended on it. It wasn't just friendly,  definitely not sexual,  and not just love. It was what I'd imagine a daughter hugging a father who she thought she had lost.
 
Valentine:  then that settles it. Give her the option at least.
 
Hondo: I agree. She is old enough to decide that. Zi want to ask Zoey too but I think we know her answer.
 
Valentine chuckled: you will make her so happy, like you have made me.
 
Hondo kissed her on the forehead.  
 
Hondo: we will talk to Zoey after breakfast then.  
 
Valentine:  I can hardly wait! What about Tonya?
 
Hondo: not sure how to bring it up and not embarrass her.
 
Valentine:  take her for a walk like this and just talk to her.
 
Hondo: good idea. After we talk with Zoey I'll talk to Tonya.
 
Valentine: sounds good. Breakfast should be ready. Lets get back. I can't wait for it to be done so we can talk to the girls!
 
They walked back to camp just in time as the 6 girls had just finished bringing out the food, they had Fernando's omlets separated and Ruth was filling the little boys plates so they could eat.

"You are not leaving that easily, Moro. Your kind has responsibilities to take care of, mistake to correct and to fix this mess of a world you help create. You leave without changing what your kind did here - I will hunt down your home planet and make sure it ever evolves sentient life - which means you. And if you believe me to be powerless in such a feat, go ask the Orions what I and a handful angry scientists did to their home world in defense of this planet. And if you do nothing, it will be I and those same scientists that will hunt your kind down and take care of your world before the first slime bubble of life is burped out of your primordial oceans." Fernando tells her. "So the choice is yours - stay and fix this mess or leave and be hunted down and killed like a rabid dog."

Joanna called out to Fernando and Jeanette's group that  breakfast was ready and any further special requests could be done by who wanted them for now as they weren't put in already.
 
Hondo went into the camper to refil his coffee and grab a glass of milk and the Tabasco  for his omelet and some corn cob jelly for his toast.  
 
Valentine grabbed a cup of hot tea and some juice to go with her breakfast. Ruth sat out some glasses, a jug of milk. Pitcher of juice, pitcher of water, and the coffee pot. Hondo grabbed an extra coffee cup, filled it and Brought it to Fernando.
 
Hondo: jefe, brought ya some coffee. Your special omelets are done as well as some regular ones and toast.

Moro does not understand Fernando. She and Jeanette were just talking about fixing problems and mistakes. "We, the Texas Spirits, are in the process of fixing mistakes we made. Most of those mistakes were not taking action when we should have. As an example, last night we defended the entire United States and Canada, not just Texas." Moro motions to what's around her. "I don't see any difference here, do you? This time we took out every invading force against the United States and Canada. What you see here is the result of the natural disasters and economic collapse."
 
"Why didn't you defend the United States in the first place?" Jeanette asks.
 
"We did stop all nuclear bombs; by the time the United States was invaded, the damage was already done from the natural disasters and economic collapse. We focused on Texas because we called it home and because we were keeping the Texas power grid operational even in the midst of the mentioned problems." Moro then addresses both Fernando and Jeanette. "The two of you complained about the lack of medical supplies so that was one of the things we wanted to fix. We compiled a list of medical supplies and we wanted to go over it with you two; Fernando would not talk to me until now.
 
"There is one mistake we made we believe we should not fix and that mistake was not researching international law." Moro did not want to mention genetic engineering with Penny present; she hopes Fernando and Jeanette understand what she's getting at.
 
"I'm not too happy with you about that." Jeanette states.
 
Moro continues. "There is one thing we the Texas Spirits have debated and that is should we prevent any natural disaster that we can prevent?"
 
"Wait," Jeanette asks, "how can you prevent a natural disaster?"
 
"Preventing a tsunami is doable if the tsunami was created by a meteor landing in the Atlantic Ocean. As I said we, the Texas Spirits, debated interfering with an act of God. As for the earthquakes, we can't do anything to prevent them."
 
Jeanette Isabelle

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"I'm from 1995." Chihiro corrects. "A group in Japan held me in 1995 and released me in 2065. Not knowing if I still have a family, the Texas Spirits brought me to Charlton. The humans I know were not brought to this time. Miller san is right. I'm concerned for my friends in Charlton. What will happen to them?"
 
"Fernando," Jeanette begins, "you keep talking about good will always give me a choice; have you considered what I want? You keep selling this idea of the other time line; I'm noticing several problems with it and I don't like what I'm hearing. I've said this before, I know I have, and I will say this again. As of three years ago I'm unable to have children. As for Elsa, have you noticed that her body is cold?"
 
To be discreet, Moro relies on a double meaning. "You don't want to go there. There are no known snow queens who have reproduced. If you don't want to believe anything I say then at least follow the logic."
 
Jeanette Isabelle