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He didn't move, but let out a small grunt and seemed to relax just a bit. Quietly, she cranked her head around in a circle, trying to alleviate the stiffness in her own neck resultant of the battle she had joined with him. Her smile darkened just a bit as she remembered, and her lips parted to let her gleaming teeth peep out a bit when she thought of the mountain of demons the two of them had left in their wake before they had managed to flee Phrinnchatka altogether.

But they did not get them all; they could not have gotten them all.

Her smile disappeared entirely when she thought just who was most likely to blame for the demon horde's entry into that city, and transformed into a heated frown when she thought further of who yet remained behind.

My Sire, she thought, now feeling the stab of anguish rising, fresh and hot, within her chest. You despair. You have given up. But we shall prove your fears to be fruitless....

That thought calmed her, and led her to the new life she now carried within her. She couldn't be certain, but there was something about this one, some something special which she distinctly felt in that unique link all mother's share with their young. Surely they would prevail; the Sith would rise, and her Sire would be made to smile once again.

She let a soft sigh break the silence, and spoke as much to her husband.

"With your strength, my love, how can we not prevail?"

Then she kissed his head once again, striving to lessen the strain from his spirit even as she had tended to the wounds the demons had dealt unto him. Squeezing his shoulders lovingly, she continued to massage them, her eyes glued to the forward viewscreen but not seeing the splendor of the stars streaking there in that glorious night.

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He looked up slowly, reaching a hand up to pull her around the chair to him.
Smiling gently he pull her down to sit with him on the chair, wrapping an arm around her lovingly he snuggled against her for a moment before whispering.
"my my love... We can not fail... I am positive of it... We can not fail."

Holding her gently still he kissed her lovingly, letting the remaining bit of tension wash away, closing his eyes and leaning against the chair's soft surfice.

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She then laid her head back down against his chest again, for a moment just letting it stay there, the sounds of his heart filling her ears and entering into her being to make her own swell with yet more love.

"Tell me of where it is we are going, my husband," she whispered at length, raising a hand to caress his cheek, lightly tracing little playful circles on his lips.

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he closed his eyes, letting his memories flow past them for a moment. "When i was sent upon the mission, they were the process of relocating... Someone had discovered another planet more suitable for the growing sith empire... I believe that planet was K'eel Doba... But i can not be certain..."

as he spoke a little indicator flashed, and the ship slowed, approuching a small planet, indeed it could have been a moon, that was mostly bluish, but held many traces of vibrent greens... The ship swooped into the atmosphere...

Gliding accross the mostly aquatic surfice, they eventauly landed upon a small platou, which was carved into a landing pad, a long stairway descended down into a strangly exotic, and almost outdated looking city, the stones of which still held strong dispite the ages, made from the skill of true sith hands...

He smiled to her as they descended into the city, there was thick forest all about, but a star, which the planet had been relocated to best reach the warmth provided, still shined brightly upon the city, warming it in a tender manor...

Recinis quickly found a small house that suited his needs, not bothering to find one of the more lavish homes found deeper into the city, for truly, this was all they needed at the time, and they could always relocate.

He smiled again at her, as he watched her view the strange designs of the city... Which were much different then the designs held in Phrinnchatka...

He spoke to her then, his smile still bright "Here you will not find the amazing advancments of the Phrinnchatka, but you will still find wonders that can not be matched... In the time this city was still thriving, the sith had already found many amazing things..."

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The air smelled fragrant, like a tropical hothouse. All about, great mosses dripped amidst large-leafed vines, which in turn scaled the stones of the simple yet somehow artful buildings that seemed to be so prevalent here. Dark shadows whispered a quiet song just beyond the corners of her eyes, as though laughing in a teasing joy that after those eons sith had once more returned to Koris'ian. She stretched, questing out with the All, seeking and finding nothing but remnants of even more gentle shadows.

Then she whirled, her eyes shining, a laughing smile on her face. She leaned gracefully back against the stone balustrade, letting the breeze carry yet more fragrant odors into her nostrils.

"Indeed, your home is a charming one, Recinis," she breathed, taking in another great draught of air. "I will be happy here, and will be happy that our child would be the first Sith born here after a multitude of ages."

Now she left the balcony, coming back to where he stood smiling at her inside. Her feet made no noise against the gleaming stone of the floor as she approached him and reached up to twine her arms about his strong neck.

"I would be happy anywhere with you, my Lord," she whispered at length, letting the smile leave her lips for the briefest of moments as her countenance turned serious. Then it glowed with life once again as she rose up on her tiptoes to kiss his nose.

"Tell me of the wonders of this place, my love... although there are none here more wonderful than you."

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He pulled her a bit closer as they walked further off into the streets, pointing out various things here and there, untill finaly they found themselves in a wonderfuly designed park... Filled with various plants and sculptures, scattered about, though the gardens had run wild over the years, they still contained much of there natural wonder, there were even a few fountains yet pouring water from strange sculpted images, maintained over the years by everlasting sith magicks.

As they walked along within the park, takign turns down many flower rimmed pathway's, recinis stoped to pluck a flower from the ground, and hand it to graysith with a smile...

The flower had a jade center, surounded on all sides by deep voilet pettles, and all the while emmited a strange, and wonderful fragrance... He hugged her closer as they walked on...

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Then she wrapped her arms about his strong one and continued strolling along beside him, her eyes darting here and there as he pointed out one wonder after another. Of all the simple beauties this place seemed to hold, the ones which caught her eye the most were the crystalline spheres. They were about 20 centimeters in diameter and shone with brilliant irridescence, even in the dim lighting of this place. What they were she truly did not know, but they dotted the park like common mushrooms, and they must have once caught the eye of this moonlet's designers for in the distance she could see their mirror images on a far grander scale, soaring up about a hundred meters above the ground on durable stone stalks.

She sighed with the wonder of it all, then turned her face to Recinis... only to see him staring back at her with a surprisingly serious look. She opened her mouth to speak, but the words she was trying to say suddenly had no room for release as she quite suddenly found her lips seeking his, her arms wrapping around his neck and pulling him down to meet her.

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And as there lips parted again, he noted suddenly that the sun was creeping downward upon the horizon, there walk having lasted much longer then could be measured through normal time... A chill breeze was settling accross the city now, and so they turned about and returned to there home, huddled closely together during the return walk, lovingly sharing in eachothers warmth...

when they arrived home Recinis closed up the doors, and went about, finding sheets, blankets, and pillows for the small bed, all of the items having long been packed away in storage... For the sith that had once lived in these parts had not needed to take much, only daining to neatly pack those things which would be left behind, in case by chance they would someday return...

With the bed now made, recinis returned to the lower floor of the, comparably small, sith home...

Smiling to Jharmeen, who was sitting upon a soft couch, he started a small fire in the fireplace, and went to sit by her, wraping an arm about her with a small smile, he spoke. "are you tired my love? what next shall we do?"

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It echoed the crystal spheres dotting the park, being a sphere in itself only being made of either a dark stone or heavy and highly polished wood. It was scored into thirds, each section moving independently of the others about a central and hidden axis. The entire surface of the sphere was dotted with holes equidistant from each other, and slender pegs of varying length protruded from them, one per hole. Closer scrutiny showed that the pegs were of three different lengths, the shortest and most numerous ones ending in a square, the mid-length pegs, which were proportionately less in number, ending in a pyramidal shape, and finally the longest, of which there were relatively few, ending in a starburst pattern. Idly she rotated the sphere in two different directions, noting that it did so in definite increments, each partial turn making a distinct click and ending that sometimes the long pegs were alongside other long ones, sometimes short ones, sometimes the mid-length ones, and sometimes none at all. All the pegs were removable from the sphere, and one hole was left empty, apparently as some sort of starting point. The entire affair was mounted upon a slender silver stalk, which was in turn affixed to a sturdy and highly polished stone base.

She suddenly smiled, a sparkle coming into her eye.

"A game, my love!" she exclaimed happily, holding it out to him. "Look! Do you know how to play it? Teach it to me, please, that we might while away a bit more time together before...." She paused momentarily, casting her eyes coyly into his beautiful green ones.

"Before we retire for the night," she finished at length, and waited.

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they then began to play... And recinis smiled as she quickly picked up the general gist of the game. And kissed her gently as she soon grew to be very skilled, and the small orb was changing more and more with each passing moment, each growing to enjoy the time they spent turning and shifting the device, simply spending a long and lovingly pleasant time together...

As they did so, the sun grew more and more close to its resting position below the horizon.

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She crossed Recinis's strong arms about herself and leaned back into his embrace, content to watch the light outside grow dimmer and dimmer with each passing moment until at last the distant stars began to peep out one by one.

She smiled, happy to see them in their brilliant canopy arcing overhead once again.

"I am ready to retire at your will, my love," she whispered at length, still gazing at the glory of the stars. "Is there proper attire available here, do you think, or had the former occupants taken all there was with them?"

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To no avail...

Suddenly she laughed, raising her arms up to twine them about Recinis's head, both hands toying in playful return upon the smooth spiralled ridges of his horns. Then her hands closed about them entirely as, pulling with all her strength, she now prevented his head from coming any closer to her.

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For a moment he remained thus, before his smile grew a bit devilish and he turned the tables on her, rather then fighting her pushing against his head, he leaned backwards, causing that pulling motion to bring her tumbling into him, laying flatly upon the bed he laughed a bit, pinning her with yet another gentle kiss.

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"I love you more than you could ever know, Recinis," she whispered at length, unable to raise a hand to his cheek as was her wont for the fact that her arms were pinned beneath his body. But that could wait; she put her caress into the words she spoke to him now.

"You make me smile when I am weary, you make the cares of the world diminish beneath your touch..."

Now her words were cut off as, straining, she arched her neck forward, straining to touch his lips with hers, but still holding back, letting them halt mere centimeters from his as she quietly shared her breath with him, and with it, affirmed once more the sharing of her life.

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with that he rolled slightly turning onto his side, and turning her with him, holding her waist gently. His head leaned forward, causing there forheads to press together, there eyes mere centemeters from eachother.

and for a moment, he simply lost himself within those orbs, letting them take him back to a time, which now seemed so far away, when he had first gazed into those eyes, and had felt these very same emotions rise up within him, and had indeed felt them, as he did now, mirrored by that violet brillence.

Now his arms wrapped more tightly about her, pulling her close to him as a slight chill wafted through the room with the night thickening all about them, a few stars could be seen from the corner of his eyes in a small window made within the ceilling.

waiting for but a moment more, he shifted, causing there lips to press together for another moment which simply froze time, and defied all laws pressented to physical beings...

as they parted he took in a breath of the fresh air filling the room, delighting on the many wonderful fregrances of the jungle atmosphere... another memory floated through him, of the night in which they had shared many joyus thoughts and feelings together, of the night where that mysterious power held by his dear love, had reached out, taking them both up in its amazing grasp, and granted them a surrounding that was otherwise unreachable... And while those memories simbolized times that were filled with the greatest of sincer love and joy, now that they truly where in that exotic atmosphere of the jungle, now that they were on a planet, filled with natural life, and no restricting shields, this moment too was added into the inner sanctum of recinis mind, where it would be treasured for all eternity, and where it would give him strength in his most desperate times of need...

"My love for you grows with each moment, jharmeen... You have helped me find a place in my heart, that i once did not know existed... you are my savour... You asked me before, that with my strength, how could we fail... But my strength alone means nothing, it is only with you at my side, and me at yours, that we are now a source of unending power and strength, you have shown me the strength of the heart... never again worry, my love, never again have the need to fear... WE have the strength, the love, to stand against any problem..."

with that he turned about, snuggling close to her in complet harmony, both lookign upward now into the large window above them, which revealed a night sky, so very full of stars, and with those stars, endless possibilities...

He uncounciously reached over, and pulled a soft, silken blanket about them both, one arm now wrapped about her, the other hand resting gently upon her stomach... he sighed in utter contentness...

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He smiled and snuggled in closer to her,turning his head a bit to look at her, he kissed her gently upon the cheek, catching her attention from the almost trancelike gaze she had cast upon the stars, slowly she turned her head to look into his own eyes, and he could see her smile was bright, and her eyes were shinning, brightly, now they were fully focused upon his own though, and he felt them drawing his gaze deeply into her soul, guiding him to that warm place where she simply allowed him to stay freely, and look upon her every secret, and hidden desire, and while he felt her gaze draw him in, his gaze to was drawing her to him... He could feel her pressence within him, as he always did now, a soft comforting feeling, providing them both with warmth, providing them both with the knowledge that never would either be alone....

And deep within that welling warmth, recinis could feel the tinny spark of another being, reaching out to them both, and grasping that warmth which they shared, as if to show them how much it appriciated the warmth they provided...

He smiled brighter, as her smile too took on somethign showing that they shared yet another little wonder in this universe...

He quietly drew her up in his arms, holding her tenderly, allowing her head to prop against his chest, there gaze now returned to the stars...

"tell me, Jharmeen... What shall we name our child? have you any idea's?"

he leaned forward slightly, kissing her simplisticly on the top of her head, before returning his gaze to the stars yet again, they seemed so bright...

"If we have a boy... Perhaps Zerin... Or perhaps Jharu?.. Tell me...what name should we give a little girl?"

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...and suddenly knowing with a deep conviction who it was that would help to change those myriad lives for the better.

She smiled at that, laying one hand atop her husband's, the other laying on her belly alongside his. Then she let out a short grunt, her eyes widening with secret pleasure. She took Recinis's hand in both of hers now, and guided to that which had made her grunt.

"The way this one kicks, there is no doubt in my mind that he is a boy, my Lord," she breathed softly, turning her gaze away from the stars to see that special light which shone even more brightly in Recinis's eyes. "The first of your lineage, and a strong one as well.

"I believe I like the name 'Jharu,' my love. It is somewhat close to my maiden name, yet is entirely Sith... and I find this combination utterly pleasing."

With that she raised a hand to gently bring his face even closer to hers, that she could barely brush her lips upon his, leaving them touching him lightly there so as not to impede his reply to her, yet not wishing to break from that physical contact.

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"Of course, he will be incrediably strong... How can he not be? he is born of our blood... Of our love..."

He pressed there lips a bit more together again before lightening the touch once more...
"If it pleases you, then jharu it shall be... Indeed, it is a perfect name for our son...hmm... Jharu Q'utaro" he said the name slowly, seeing how it flowed, and a slight frown creased his features... "i believe we must give him a second name... one to complement his given, and his blood names... What shall his name be my love?"

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"Andreyus," she said quietly yet firmly, turning her face back to look at the stars. A sudden stab of grief welled up within her as she spoke the name, filling her with its tingling ice even as the warmth emanating from her Lord's closeness to her sought to tear it away from her.

"His middle name shall be my own father's, and his name was Andreyus Jhin'Dar."

Shuddering a bit, she now turned her violet eyes back to Recinis's verdant emerald ones, wanting to drown therein and forget the one act in her life which she wished with all her heart she had never had to do...

...and knew she could never, ever run from or forget.

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he simply hugged her tighter in silent reassurance.
"Jharu Andreyus Q'utaro, yes, it is the perfect name for our son..." he smiled and kissed her forhead gently.
Smiling slightly as he felt a gentle kick in her abdomin...
"i believe he agrees with us..."

With that his gaze turned to the sky once more, watching as a small little star shot accross there view, snuggling close he whipsered. "make a wish my love... for in this place... I am sure it will come true."

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It followed the order, and with the inner strength of her Lord's assuring presence at length succeeded... but with a whimpering sort of questioning snarl regarding it.

She yanked herself back from her inner battle, knowing that at least for a while she could forget. And quickly then, while that image was momentarily subjugated, she replied to her husband, that the words she was to speak would not lie.

"I wish that our son will rise, not to just live, but to lead the very galaxy into the peace and love I am feeling with you, my Lord," she said softly, staring at the stars. Then she moved quickly, like a cat, and rolled on top of the surprised Recinis, bracing herself with her arms to look down at him.

"This shall surely come to pass," she breathed in a near whisper, before finishing with, "And now, my love, I wish to drown in the glory that is you...."

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Through this all the starlit night wrapped about them, to ensure that, while this planet was not protected by some mystical shield, they would not be looked upon by anyone, for in this place, long forgotten, life existed only in the jungle, and there hearts were free to laugh and play, without worry that others might hear...

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And through it all the link she held with her husband sang a song of its own, the words voiceless but having no less special meaning than the responding chorus soaring out from her heart. With blind abandon her hands grasped the flesh of her husband, gripping so as to awaken him to the wonders she was experiencing, that through the link which forged them together into one he might share with her every nuance, every part and parcel, down to the smallest bit, of happiness and pleasure and love he was evoking in her, and in that sharing, evoke the same in him.

A whispering growl cut through the night air, sounding for all the world like an animal's cry. It echoed about the walls of the room, it's origin truly a mystery even if the Lady Q'utaro even wanted to bother with discovering it's source....

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