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Oenone opened her eyes sleepily to peer up into the face of her guardian. Babbling in a language only understandable to babies, she reached up her arms, and Elfmoogle picked her up, hugging her gently to her. In her hand, she held a small fae creature, an autumn faery. The little fae spread it's wings and fluttered them slowly, to the wonderment of Oenone. Her burbles of joy pleased Elfmoogle, so she bestowed the second gift, kept in a pond which she walked over to with the child in her arms. Kneeling down, she pointed into the water, the fae perched on her shoulder for the moment.

"Look, Oenone. A mermaid to guard the waters you will be able to play in some day."

Oenone cooed happily and reached toward the clownfish merwoman. The mermaid surfaced and winked at the child, before submerging again in a splash of water.

While walking in the garden, Elfmoogle heard a rustling in the bushes. Going to take a closer look, she found a creature caught within the branches of one of the bushes. Approaching as slowly as possible, she held out a hand for it to sniff. She wasn't sure what this creature was, but she decided to free it and see if it would stick around. Untangling the branches from the studded collar the creature wore, she pulled it out, finding that this creature, whatever it was, was male.

"Poor thing...come with me, we'll get you something to eat, and you can lay down while I feed Oenone.."

The creature, which she had decided to name Chronos, followed after her cautiously to the spot she had left Oenone cradled in a sort of hammock, miniature sized. Taking her down, she walked into her house, looking for some bread and a little meat. Chronos ate hungrily while she began to feed Oenone some bread dipped in milk, softened by the soaking. Oenone appeared to be growing her first tooth, as seemed evidenced by her constant desire to chew on things.

Chronos stepped over to where Elfmoogle was feeding Oenone after he finished his food, and sniffed warily at the child. After several moments of both child and animal staring at one another, Oenone reached out happily for the scruff of Chronos' neck and petted him. With a happy whine, Chronos nudged her hand and licked it.

"Well, you two certainly like one another. Chronos, I will leave it to you to guard this child as she sleeps when I am away."

Somehow, Elfmoogle knew that Chronos understood her.

November 2, 2004 - Oenone is sitting up a lot. She likes to look around at her surroundings, and keeps trying to wonder off in search of things to play with. I've caught her crawling toward the garden on multiple occasions. :vien: Silly girl. She wants so badly to chase butterflies and fish in the pond.

Oenone watched her guardian silently, wondering in that babyish way of things, what she was doing. Elfmoogle kept randomly running up to people and chewing on them all day, and frankly, even though Oenone was a baby, she was begining to get a bit concerned. If babies could be concerned. She would be. Really. Oh shut up. eek

Monday, November 22nd, 2004 Oenone seems excited. I'm excited too. There are several new Children arriving every week, it seems. Oenone now has many potential playmates. Hopefully, she will get a chance to meet them all. Her eyes light up whenever she hears me speak of the temple, so I think she understands me. She seems to be growing more aware of herself and not just her surroundings. I caught her looking at herself when I walked by the pond, instead of looking at the fishes as she usually does. She must know how pretty she is.