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…“Chamberlain. …Chamberlain. Wake up.” Sil was hearing.

Chamberlain finally opened his eyes weakly. “Can you hear me?”

“Hmm-uh.” He mumbled. “What… happened?”

“You fainted.” Wyneth said.

Chamberlain recognized Wyneth and her home.

“What happened again?”

“I told you what was causing you some issues lately and you passed out. Chamberlain, you said you had a loved one back at the castle and you are carrying their child.” Wyneth explained.

“Never thought it possible to happen.” Sil was suddenly worried. He tried to sit up so fast that he felt his head spin.

“Oh.” He held his head.

“Don’t sit up so fast. Get up slowly.”

“There could be trouble at castle if La is also carrying my baby. Emperor forbade any of us from mating and bonding, but me and La did it secretly. We never thought this could happen.” Sil said.

“It’s always possible when you mate. I’m not sure how far along you are or how long it’s going to be, Sil, but the child is a good size for you to be at least half way through the pregnancy.”

“I never knew.”

“Well, it’s good to know before labor comes.”

Sil looked at her wide eyed. When he remembered that Gelfling in labor that he had seen, he really wasn’t sure he could face that.

“Taking care of a young one can be hard on a single parent.” Wyneth said.

“Skeksis have never dealt with this before. Scared.” Sil admitted.

“It is a shock right now. And it’s understandable to be afraid. You don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Chamberlain closed his clothes back up. He had had to loosen his belt a lot lately too. Then he began to get up. He held his stomach. “I need to go now.” He said.

Wyneth hoped it wouldn’t cause him problems. "Be careful."

Sil reported back to Athya.

“So, did you get your answer?” She asked.

“My eyes are fine. Turns out my problems are part of something I’ve never had before. I’m… uh… having a child.” Sil answered, with a hand on his stomach.

“So I take it you had a mate back home?” Athya asked.

Sil nodded. “Yes. Please not tell anyone else.”

“They will find out eventually.”

“Yes, just not now. Not ready for it to be known.”

“Alright. But come to a decision soon.”

Sil nodded and left to go do his job.

Later that day, when he was out doing his errands, Chamberlain saw one of the female Gelflings that had had a baby. He saw she had a baby on her back. He approached her. She was getting some apple like fruit from the market.

“Hello, Gelfling.” The mother Gelfling heard and she turned, to see the huge messenger Skeksis behind her.

“Agh! What do you want, Skeksis?” She demanded and began backing away from him.

“Am friend. Just want to talk to you.” He followed her slowly.

“About what? More of the queen’s orders?”

“No. About your baby.” Sil pointed to her back.

“You are not getting near my baby!” She snapped at Sil.

“I not want it, just want to know how to take care of self when carrying inside.” Sil said.

“I don’t get what you mean.”

“Mean when you were carrying it in belly, is there certain way to take care of self?”

“You mean when I was pregnant, how did I take care of myself?”

“Yes.”

“Why do you want to know?”

“Just curious, if ever should happen.” Sil said, trying not to give off that he was carrying himself.

“Well, you just eat as healthy as you can and in the heavier times, you need to avoid stress as much as possible. And staying off your feet at times because pregnancy can cause some discomforts in your legs and back. You’ll also feel them move about at certain times and when you don’t want them to, like when you’re trying to sleep. And later they can affect your breathing. Breathing exercises help, and even more in labor.” The Gelfling explained nervously.

Chamberlain took it all in. He hadn’t had many problems so far. But it was stuff to consider. He was already feeling movements and he felt weight in his belly from it or them. But his back and legs felt fine currently, other than his back when it just hurt naturally.

“Thanks, Gelfling.” He said, then left her alone.

For her, it was a big relief that he hadn’t wanted to take her child. There was no way he was getting that satisfaction. She hurried up and got her food and went home before he might decide to come back.

Sil had seen that she had been afraid of him and he had tried to appear as harmless as possible. He wondered if it was right to stay here much longer, but he knew he might need Wyneth’s help when it came time to have his child. He would at least stay until after the birth, dealing with whatever came at him from the Gelflings.
……………..

Not long after that, some of the villagers went out into the fields for harvesting some of their crops one day, and unknown to them, there were a couple of Garthim out there that came out of nowhere and attacked. They were too far away to be heard.

The Garthim took a few and killed the rest. They had tried coming to their captured ones’ aid and it cost them their lives.

When evening came and they didn’t return with the crops for dinner, their loved ones went looking for them and found the bodies. This was trouble.

They went to Queen Athya to tell them there was trouble and that some of their kin had been killed.

“What could have done it?” Athya asked.

“What if it was that Skeksis?!” One angry male Gelfling said.

“If it was him, I don’t think he would have left so many dead. Sil couldn’t have done it.” Athya said.

“Where was he today, then?” Suth asked.

“You know he goes around the village during the day doing what I tell him to. He wouldn’t do this.”

“Let’s hope not, my queen.” Suth said.

“I tell you what, my villagers. I will have Suth keep an eye on Sil for the next few days when he’s out doing his job to make sure he’s not causing any real trouble.” Athya declared.

The villagers agreed. Suth would be happy to be fulfilling this duty. He had always been wary of the Skeksis to begin with.
……………

The next day, Suth began his job of keeping his eye on Sil from a distance. In the morning, he had his usual breakfast at Athya’s home. Then he did his library chores and took Athya’s written demands and put the scrolls in his carrier bag. Then it was lunchtime, which there was nothing unusual there.

Suth was watching him all that time and Sil wasn’t disturbed in the least. Another thing was that Sil had also not been told of the deaths that occurred last night. They wanted to be sure.

Then, after lunch, Sil began going into the village to do what he needed to do. He went where he was supposed to go and Suth followed him distantly, but could still see what he was doing. He did nothing out of the ordinary.

He helped with some of the building projects in the afternoon with the builders and then went back to Athya’s in early evening to give the messages to her and be dismissed for the night. Suth followed him back to Byron’s home.

This continued for the next few days to be sure. Suth did even see Byron and Sil catching wild animals together a couple times, but didn’t say anything. He found it was only for food.

Gelflings mainly were vegetarians, but would eat meat on occasion.

Five days later, Suth secretly reported what he had seen to Athya. Nothing in his report said that SkekSil was doing any harm to the villagers. But then, what had murdered their kin folk?

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…“Chamberlain. …Chamberlain. Wake up.” Sil was hearing.

Chamberlain finally opened his eyes weakly. “Can you hear me?”

“Hmm-uh.” He mumbled. “What… happened?”

“You fainted.” Wyneth said.

Chamberlain recognized Wyneth and her home.

“What happened again?”

“I told you what was causing you some issues lately and you passed out. Chamberlain, you said you had a loved one back at the castle and you are carrying their child.” Wyneth explained.

“Never thought it possible to happen.” Sil was suddenly worried. He tried to sit up so fast that he felt his head spin.

“Oh.” He held his head.

“Don’t sit up so fast. Get up slowly.”

“There could be trouble at castle if La is also carrying my baby. Emperor forbade any of us from mating and bonding, but me and La did it secretly. We never thought this could happen.” Sil said.

“It’s always possible when you mate. I’m not sure how far along you are or how long it’s going to be, Sil, but the child is a good size for you to be at least half way through the pregnancy.”

“I never knew.”

“Well, it’s good to know before labor comes.”

Sil looked at her wide eyed. When he remembered that Gelfling in labor that he had seen, he really wasn’t sure he could face that.

“Taking care of a young one can be hard on a single parent.” Wyneth said.

“Skeksis have never dealt with this before. Scared.” Sil admitted.

“It is a shock right now. And it’s understandable to be afraid. You don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Chamberlain closed his clothes back up. He had had to loosen his belt a lot lately too. Then he began to get up. He held his stomach. “I need to go now.” He said.

Wyneth hoped it wouldn’t cause him problems. "Be careful."

Sil reported back to Athya.

“So, did you get your answer?” She asked.

“My eyes are fine. Turns out my problems are part of something I’ve never had before. I’m… uh… having a child.” Sil answered, with a hand on his stomach.

“So I take it you had a mate back home?” Athya asked.

Sil nodded. “Yes. Please not tell anyone else.”

“They will find out eventually.”

“Yes, just not now. Not ready for it to be known.”

“Alright. But come to a decision soon.”

Sil nodded and left to go do his job.

Later that day, when he was out doing his errands, Chamberlain saw one of the female Gelflings that had had a baby. He saw she had a baby on her back. He approached her. She was getting some apple like fruit from the market.

“Hello, Gelfling.” The mother Gelfling heard and she turned, to see the huge messenger Skeksis behind her.

“Agh! What do you want, Skeksis?” She demanded and began backing away from him.

“Am friend. Just want to talk to you.” He followed her slowly.

“About what? More of the queen’s orders?”

“No. About your baby.” Sil pointed to her back.

“You are not getting near my baby!” She snapped at Sil.

“I not want it, just want to know how to take care of self when carrying inside.” Sil said.

“I don’t get what you mean.”

“Mean when you were carrying it in belly, is there certain way to take care of self?”

“You mean when I was pregnant, how did I take care of myself?”

“Yes.”

“Why do you want to know?”

“Just curious, if ever should happen.” Sil said, trying not to give off that he was carrying himself.

“Well, you just eat as healthy as you can and in the heavier times, you need to avoid stress as much as possible. And staying off your feet at times because pregnancy can cause some discomforts in your legs and back. You’ll also feel them move about at certain times and when you don’t want them to, like when you’re trying to sleep. And later they can affect your breathing. Breathing exercises help, and even more in labor.” The Gelfling explained nervously.

Chamberlain took it all in. He hadn’t had many problems so far. But it was stuff to consider. He was already feeling movements and he felt weight in his belly from it or them. But his back and legs felt fine currently, other than his back when it just hurt naturally.

“Thanks, Gelfling.” He said, then left her alone.

For her, it was a big relief that he hadn’t wanted to take her child. There was no way he was getting that satisfaction. She hurried up and got her food and went home before he might decide to come back.

Sil had seen that she had been afraid of him and he had tried to appear as harmless as possible. He wondered if it was right to stay here much longer, but he knew he might need Wyneth’s help when it came time to have his child. He would at least stay until after the birth, dealing with whatever came at him from the Gelflings.
……………..

Not long after that, some of the villagers went out into the fields for harvesting some of their crops one day, and unknown to them, there were a couple of Garthim out there that came out of nowhere and attacked. They were too far away to be heard.

The Garthim took a few and killed the rest. They had tried coming to their captured ones’ aid and it cost them their lives.

When evening came and they didn’t return with the crops for dinner, their loved ones went looking for them and found the bodies. This was trouble.

They went to Queen Athya to tell them there was trouble and that some of their kin had been killed.

“What could have done it?” Athya asked.

“What if it was that Skeksis?!” One angry male Gelfling said.

“If it was him, I don’t think he would have left so many dead. Sil couldn’t have done it.” Athya said.

“Where was he today, then?” Suth asked.

“You know he goes around the village during the day doing what I tell him to. He wouldn’t do this.”

“Let’s hope not, my queen.” Suth said.

“I tell you what, my villagers. I will have Suth keep an eye on Sil for the next few days when he’s out doing his job to make sure he’s not causing any real trouble.” Athya declared.

The villagers agreed. Suth would be happy to be fulfilling this duty. He had always been wary of the Skeksis to begin with.
……………

The next day, Suth began his job of keeping his eye on Sil from a distance. In the morning, he had his usual breakfast at Athya’s home. Then he did his library chores and took Athya’s written demands and put the scrolls in his carrier bag. Then it was lunchtime, which there was nothing unusual there.

Suth was watching him all that time and Sil wasn’t disturbed in the least. Another thing was that Sil had also not been told of the deaths that occurred last night. They wanted to be sure.

Then, after lunch, Sil began going into the village to do what he needed to do. He went where he was supposed to go and Suth followed him distantly, but could still see what he was doing. He did nothing out of the ordinary.

He helped with some of the building projects in the afternoon with the builders and then went back to Athya’s in early evening to give the messages to her and be dismissed for the night. Suth followed him back to Byron’s home.

This continued for the next few days to be sure. Suth did even see Byron and Sil catching wild animals together a couple times, but didn’t say anything. He found it was only for food.

Gelflings mainly were vegetarians, but would eat meat on occasion.

Five days later, Suth secretly reported what he had seen to Athya. Nothing in his report said that SkekSil was doing any harm to the villagers. But then, what had murdered their kin folk?