The Dragon's Head Tavern and Inn, Vorland, 1438 ATC
"Feed her some lunch... Uh huh. Give her plenty of nap time? Yup while I'm working the bar... Change diapers when necessary? Ugh, did that doing that."
Venser looked over the list before him several times, slowly nodding to himself as he looked over everything as Sedna had left for him before she went out to hunt for tonight's dinner at the tavern. He noted how intricate and yet legible her handwriting was. After a while, he was satisfied that he'd covered just about everything, and so took on a slightly prideful smile.
And it was only about two in the afternoon
Elanaea was there beside him, happily giggling to herself as she played with her favourite toy, a stuffed raven, Floppy. She was the very picture of happiness right now, content and smiling as she played. Naturally, Venser himself couldn't help but smile back to her, as he set his scroll aside and took a step closer. Getting to his knees he leaned in towards her.
"Hey there Elanaea. Having fun?"
The infant looked up to her carer for the day, gurgling in-between her laughs.
"Ba! Ba-ba-boo!"
Her father chuckled.
"Yeah, I think I've done alright here too. I mean, I do have experience with your siblings...''
He sat down in earnest, sighing to himself before again looking to the baby girl beside him. She happily continuing to bounce her stuffed raven up and down on the floor, eliciting another smile from Venser, who started to look around. After a while, he'd found what he was looking for, a stuffed deer. Besides Floppy, they were definitely Elanaea's favorite toys, and so the bearded man reached over and picked it up. He thought for a moment, then looked back to the young infant.
"Hey there Elanaea!"
The small black haired baby looked up, just in time to see Venser use the deer as a sort of mask, hiding his face behind it so as to give he "illusion" of having the deer itself speak.
"I'm Deary the Deer, and you're my very best friend!"
With one hand, Venser took hold of the toy's arm, willing it around to make it look like he was waving at her. Elanaea, of course, was very entertained by this, and so giggled loudly, before reaching up for the talking stuffed deer. Her father chuckled behind the stuffed animal before continuing to do this.
"Say, would you like to play with me?"
The baby Elanaea giggled even louder than before, making it clear that, yes, she very much did want to play. The bearded man began to move backwards, taking the deer with him while continuing to mimic its voice.
"Look at me, baby! I'm a flying deer!"
Elanaea babbled, eagerly trying to get to her deer, while Venser for his part, did his best not to make things too exciting, lest his daughter get over-excited and do something unexpected. For a second, he pondered how much of her mother's magical talent she had inherited, and just how powerful she was, or would be. On and on this went, for quite a few minutes, him lowering the deer and making it gallop around her until finally Venser had decided that they'd had enough.
"Wow Elanaea! You're really fast! You win!" he said, again from behind the deer.
She reached out, carefully taking the stuffed deer from her father. Granted, it could hardly have escaped her notice that her stuffed animal was now no longer speaking to her, but she didn't really care. She was just happy and satisfied that she had him, and so hugged him tightly while continuing to merrily gurgle with every breath. Venser, on his side of things, chuckled, both amused and endeared by the baby's antics, sitting on his rear and reaching over, gently patting her on the head.
He looked down to the baby, continuing to smile at her.
"Have you had fun here today?"
Baby Elanaea giggled again, nodding enthusiastically, leading to an even wider smile on her father's part.
"Glad to hear it. I know you probably miss your mom but she'll be back soon..."
He sat down properly, reaching forward and taking hold of her. He held her carefully, while she looked up to him wide-eyed as usual.
"I've enjoyed being with you today. It's been nice."
Elanaea blinked to him with her big grass green eyes. Venser didn't quite know if she truly understood everything he'd been saying to her, but as she started to smile to him gain, he at least knew that she understood the sentiment behind his words. In a slightly absent-minded manner, Elanaea dropped her deer to the ground, using her now-free chubby hand to reach out, booping her father on the nose and tugging on his beard. She of course giggled to this, and Venser himself let out a dry chuckle.
"Ha... I love you too Elanaea."
The bearded man watched as she herself moved closer to him, resting her head against his chest and holding him close, in much the same way that she would with one of her cuddle toys while sleeping in her crib. And speaking of sleep, that was what she now started to do, continuing to lovingly rest her head against her father as her eyes slowly closed, and babbled and squeaked.
Venser slowly smiled down to her, lifting his hands and holding her close, cradling her gently as she drifted off into what he hoped would be a restful sleep full of sweet dreams.
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Beautiful history.
I liked your narrative, imagine the father doing thanks to the baby.
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Hi @vmmouchas, This story is super beautiful and tender. It looks like a dialogue but it is not! The father imagines her baby's answers. It is a sweetie of history. It has been a pleasure to read you
Esta increíble el relato y muy enriquecedor para muchos que somos padres, me gusta como se imagina y como logran dar respuestas a interrogante en los bebes. Esta es una de las mejores etapa que podemos disfrutar.
Saludos, esta muy tierna la narrativa.
Lovely story, I enjoy watching a father play with his daughter, that's very important because it strengthens love ties between them, as I was reading I imagined the two happy and enjoying each other. I congratulate you on your great story and your curie vote. Greetings