When Nadia opened the door, she had not been expecting a soaking wet Garin to be standing there - especially not one holding a tiny baby in his arms. She stared at him for a long time and he groaned.
“What are you staring at? Let me in.” Garin demanded in an annoyed tone.
She opened the door wider to allow him to enter the house and then closed it behind him.
“What happened?” She asked.
“The target proved to be challenging, and then it started raining on the way back.”
“Oh.” Nadia said simply, her sewing was still laid out on the chair she’d been sitting in that day, and he noticed quickly.
“Is it done?”
“N-Not yet, there are two more tears I have to sew...” Nadia then stopped him from going to look at it, wanting to hear what exactly caused him to bring a baby home. “Wait just a second, let me see!” She managed to get the baby from his arms and got a good look.
“Is it a boy or a girl?” She asked.
“It’s a girl.” Garin replied, annoyed.
“What happened, Garin?”
“It was nothing.”
“Nothing does not mean bringing a baby home! What did you do?!” Growing impatient, Nadia moved back away from him when he reached out to take the child from her. She cradled the little girl carefully, as she would her own.
“There is nothing that makes me want to tell you! This child is an orphan, I have to decide what to do with it.”
“Her.”
“Her?”
“The baby is not an it once she has a gender, Garin.” Nadia glared at him, looking awfully protective. “Until you decide, and I hope you do, I will be taking care of her.”
“Fine, I don’t have time for this anyway. I’m thinking she’d be best off raised by The Order rather than putting her into an orphanage.”
“The Order? So she can become a murderer like you?” Nadia scoffed.
“Would you want her to grow up in an orphanage? I am only thinking of what is best! Also, I am not a murderer! If she grows up in the orphanage, they will struggle to feed and clothe her, if she grows up in The Order, she will be genuinely cared for, she will be taught to read and write... which I can’t say most orphanage kids can.”
