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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Duo + Milliardo + Wu Fei + Relena Notes: Challenge 121. Baby Series 3 #132. Takes
place a few minutes following The Cost Of Living. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
More I Can Do "Wage restraint is not something anyone wants to talk about, particularly when they see the cost of living rising on a daily basis. It is not easy making ends meet when only one parent is working; and harder still if one is forced to live on benefits because there simply is no work." Milliardo looked depressed, hands curved around his mug, head lowered, long bangs shielding worried blue eyes. "There must be more I can do that I am not already doing. It just seems so inadequate." "It's not just isolated to Sanc, its the same all over the world." Duo absently worried the tip of his braid, long fingers working through the tuft. "It's not your fault." "You should speak to the country people, particularly those resident in the mountains. Their children left the mountains to find a better life in the city and are returning home disillusioned and destitute," Wu Fei murmured. "A visit from the King might do much to improve their morale, if it could be arranged. The gifts you made at Christmas honouring the old system were very well received. The breeding stock you sent considerably lightened their hearts; the ties between the mountain folk and the King appear to run deep." "I will talk to Pagan and see what can be arranged. I would like to go into the mountain country… if I can be spared here. In hard times the King and his family must be prominent to lift spirits. For all we are constitutional monarchy in many ways Sanc is still a feudal society." "There is only so much one man can do. We all have to pull together and that is the message that needs to get out. You managed to get Sanc the extra power we desperately needed. If parliament likes to eat, like everyone else, then they will have to approve the hot houses." "It all takes time. In the long term the prospects look good, but it is surviving the `now' that is the hard part." "I'm so sorry, Milliardo. I've left you such a mess to clean up." Relena closed the door to the kitchen behind her and nodded slightly to Duo and Wu Fei, moving to embrace her brother and rest her head against his chest. "I'm sorry." "It is no fault of yours, Relena. Historically this is the way things are following a period of conflict; for a decade or more the economy suffers. Recovery is never achieved swiftly or easily and Sanc was neglected by the Alliance Governor, further compounding the problems we face. It will take us longer to repair the damage done to our country given the resources we have available to us. We are fortunate in that our people are resilient." "We shall recover," Wu Fei murmured. "We are up to the challenge!" Duo tossed his braid over his shoulder. "Welcome to the night owls café. What's your poison, Princess?" ~ * ~ |
