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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Milliardo + Mrs. Darlian Notes: Challenge 64. Baby Series 2 #194. Takes
place at approximately the same time as Maxwell’s Logic.
So Much Baggage “When understanding and forgiveness of self comes it happens in a variety of ways. It can be like standing on a cliff at dawn, the breeze fresh on your face. You feel the weight lift, a burden you carried so long you never noticed its full extent until it was gone. It can be like fireworks exploding, sudden, sharp, loud and exhilarating. It is good to be free of the burden, though ghosts still surround you.” “We carry so much baggage with us.” Looking about him at the darkened barn, the deep shadows no doubt hiding at least one guard-he doubted they would have left him alone with her, but he was confident the man would keep what he heard to himself. One whisper of what had been said here and heads would roll. Relena loved her foster mother and he would not have his sister distressed. “We carry too much of the past around with us needlessly. We should acknowledge it and let it go. We never forget what happened but we can move on.” He murmured. “I doubt the Ghosts of Sanc would be pleased if we forgot what happened.” She looked small and fragile and he was suddenly tired and thought he might be able to sleep. He had needed to speak to her as much as she had needed to confront him, though he doubted the conversation had gone the way Alice Darlian had imagined. “The Chinese use fireworks to scare off their ghosts… or is that evil spirits? No matter. I must remember to ask Chang. It might pay for me to have Chinese cultural sessions included in the education departments program for the new year.” Her blue eyes were dark in the poor lighting but he could see her curiosity clearly enough. Few at this time were privy to the significant rise in population Sanc would gain in the coming year. He personally was in no doubt more would answer Chang’s call than Wu Fei expected. “Chinese culture?” “We shall be hosting the relocation of a displaced Clan, with its ethnic origins being from China. Sanc’s low population requires a boost and why not welcome those who, like us, felt the sting of the Alliance?” No need to mention it was the Clan Elders who had detonated the colony and set off one of the biggest fireworks displays in history. He had seen recordings of the exploding colony and it was clear explosive charges had been placed for maximum effect. The skills that had gone into some of the best fireworks displays to thrill the people of the Earth Sphere over hundreds of years had been turned to destruction. He had watched Sanc fall, the fire and explosions decimating the palace and city, wholesale murder. The destruction of the colony had been worse, mass suicide. He intended the survivors find a new home and his own people have some understanding of the culture they would merge into their own. End
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