The child was startled for a brief moment, as the heavy door flew off of its hinges and into the wall.  Then he was swiftly picked up and coddled, it took a moment for Rez to respond.  Again his eyes dulled, as if in a deep thought., and his mind was brought to a different place. A grey room filled with clocks, and in the middle a woman hanging upside down from a rope. When the hanging woman moved, Rez's thoughts jumped back to reality. 

It had been a short moment of lapsed time for the Terrowin family, but the child still hung in Simone's arms limply.  The sensation was both nostalgic and unfamiliar at the same time. Eventually emotion and motion overtook the mythic, and he held on to his mother's black silk nightgown. His tan cheeks flushed with color, as he hid from Lewis by pushing his face into Simone's neck. The sweet, floral, almost warm scent calmed him down immediately. 

" I'm hungry." He said, muffled into his mother's neck. Still trying to hide from Lewis. 

“Thank you, love,” Simone appeared grateful for her robe as she held Rez close to her. She had only responded and not thought about what she did. “I’m sorry I scared you Rez. I didn’t know if you were in danger or not so I panicked.” She kissed the top of his head and continued to hold him close.

Simone’s eyes looked up at the twins, “No.” She said it with Lewis. The twins looked disappointed but they went downstairs at the suggestion of Ezili who noticed they were missing. Mama Simone was in mama mode and they knew that their newest sibling needed it.

“You don’t have to be scared. He’s your daddy and he’s going to protect you too.” Still, she didn’t make Rez look at Lewis nor did she make him acknowledge him. Simone simply stood up and held Rez close to her. Her arms were tightly around him as she walked. Her leg had a limp to it thanks to kicking in the door as hard as she did.

Still, she didn’t complain nor did she wince. It was just visibly noticeable that she was in pain as she moved through the castle. “Let’s get you something good to eat. Silva is very good at cooking. We can try lots of things if you don’t know what you like.” She spoke calmly to the boy as she moved down the stairs carefully. Lewis was lingering near her to make sure she made it. She could feel the worry coming off of her husband about her leg. He was scared she was going to fall.

“I’m fine,” she calmly said as she made it to the base of the long stairs and held onto Rez just a tad tighter in her loving embrace. “You can stay with me.” She whispered to Rez as Lewis pulled out her seat at the table and she sat down.

The spread on the table was extensive since all the Terrowin kids liked something different. “All your siblings are here Rez. When you are ready we can introduce them.” Even Janus had decided to sit in his own chair instead of fighting over his mother’s lap.

Feeling Lewis’s gaze on her she turned her head just a bit, “You can call Xeik if you want to. It’s not like it's broken. It’s just a limp Lewis…”

Daddy…was Lewis really his dad. The child brought his own hands to his face and explored his own features for a bit.  Maybe it was true, they had the same vacant look. Upon this discovery Rez finally looked at Lewis with his golden eyes. " OK Daddy." The boy said with a  somewhat sullen tone.  The trip to the dining hall was uneven, with the limp Simone displayed, but he endured much like his mother.

When they got to the table, his eyes instantly gravitated to the one thing he never got the night before. A tall glass of milk, which he reached for greedily. His mind flashed with a single memory of the night before, as he took rather large gulps of the rich and sweet liquid.  Once the glass was finished, he turned his head upwards toward his mother. " Where is the Dark Lady? " He spoke of the failed wet-nurse. Though his attention was drawn away from that thought and back to his mother's limp. 

Having been refreshed by his glass of milk, Rez closed his eyes. Somehow he could feel the source of the pain, and for the first time he gave a gentle smile. The boy did not know how he did it, but seconds later a warmth surrounded both him and Simone. In no time at all the simple sprain on her leg was healed. " All better, now I want more of this! And the Dark Lady!"  He held the vessel up for more milk, as he spoke almost cheerfully. 

His mind simply ignoring what he did, in front of his siblings.