Clever Little Boy, 144

Mini-update, Freshwater Moon 144

Kenan zan-Ku is 32, Serena zan-Nutama is 34, Dalos zan-Nutama is 2.

Dalos knew there was something wrong with his daddy. Something very wrong. He wasn't going away from their tents any more.

Sometimes he'd wake up in the middle of the night to eat food. Dalos did that too, but he didn't think grown-ups needed to. They could nap for a really long time.

And he was eating a lot of food. He was starting to look like his tummy was full of cuddly toys.

Then his mummy started doing all those things too. It was getting a little scary. Maybe it was that word he kept hearing them say.

Baby. They said that a lot, especially when they thought he wasn't listening. Daddy had told him that he was going to be a big brother soon. He'd explained that sometimes mummies grew little Sims in their tummies. Then he got angry when Dalos asked "why?" and went off to eat more food.

It had to be a bad thing, though. All the grown-ups said it was wrong to make stuff grow.

Still, Dalos was a clever little boy. Mummy said so every time he tinkled in the latrine. Whatever was going on, he'd figure it out.