Iluka Islands. Many sea faring peopls a major township in this collection of tropical islands.

He listened to the quiet. But he could sense it was a comfortable one, a relaxed sort of one. Something about being piled together close and in such vunerable states of bliss can really bring people close.


He rubs the little shell some more smiling when the little boy now and then would sleep feel the water Leonardo drizzled over him and then when it washed over his hand suck on it.


He wanted to be over there helping the others, but was also very very content to just hold the little turtle. He caught Leo's shift and perhaps there was a soft understanding chuckle and a mmm hmmm of silent reassurance. Sure he looked - she was a shapely cat - but like Raphael knew by now to keep interest to looks only.


He smells the burning wood with appreciative sniffs, similar to sandlewood but more cinnamon in scent? Whilst the rest are busy and the toddler fast asleep he lets his senses reach out reach and search listening, feel and scenting, feeling their surroundings. He looked like he might be asleep but a fellow Leo and he knew Raphael would know he was on alert and 'watching'.

" sooorrrry - but I'll kiss or wash in warm water where ever you like for the extra hands..." Lilo bargains playfully as indeed she puts Raph to work, pulling up roots... and they were making a good pile of some sort of dry peas, nuts and some leaves and yep bugs. She noted none of the turtles aside Duncan ate the bugs but for her a mostly greens eater they were essential for her diet.


Raphael from over near the fish and with Leo grins and answers, " well I'd like nothing but pizza but Leonardo here demands whilst we can we have a balanced diet."


" thats because if you got any larger we were goign to have to call you the Hulk and Mikey the hippo on pizza..."


Lilo wasn't sure what pizza was but had heard it mentioned several times now and so leans over mid reburying dirt around a low tree, " tell me more about pizza Raph, you seem to enjoy this food a lot... do you have to hunt it?" so curious.


Gathering up their finds to wash and take to Addy to sort out.

Raph grins at Lilo's response to his whining. "I supppoooooose that's fair." And that sounds amazing...

He laughed at the larger turtles back and forth about pizza.

"That is sad that you've never had pizza." Though he hasn't exactly seen any of the ingredients around here, so that's not surprising.  

"It's a disk of bread, covered with tomato sauce, cheese and whatever you want on top. Pepperoni and jelly beans, anchovies and pineapple. Whatever you want." He grinned, not entirely sure Lilo would know what any of those things are. "You could even put those greens you and these other Leo's seem so fond of on it."

Raph rolls his eyes but fondly towards Leonardo, and in full view of Leo as they work to strip the flesh from fish bones, it was thick and whitish and he was careful to feel each piece for small bones - he wasn't taking chances with the toddler!


And most of his first stripes from the tail end of the fish the large fillets fromt he body he'll leave for them to munch now smiling at Lilo and Raph and beginning to as tot he stuck stirps of fish some of the nuts and root vege and stuff.


Chuckling at his counterpart and the monkey girl, she enjoyed teasing and touching the Raph and well of course his fellow Raph was definitely not complaining about it and it was amusing to listen to.


He glances at Leo, " I guess Leonardo has a point Michelangelo and I were looking a tad pudgy I guess... but I turned all mine into pure muscle." and he makes muscles now bulge, showing off a little.


He wasn't as toned all over as Leo was but he was larger.

Giggling from her task of making sure the fire was hot and smoking and that all speared so far food was directly over the heat and smoke but not in the flame as she didn't want to crisp things just cook them Addy grabs the washed bugs and begins to crisp them too.


She watches Leo and Raphael work, Raph and Lilo flirt and was content. Checking on the bigger Leonardo and Duncan, at first it looked like he was asleep with the boy but her experiences with Leo and Leonardo so far gave her enough knowledge to guess this was not the case.


So for the moment she was safe and secure feeling enough to let herself focus completely on the food preparations.

Lilo giggles and give tail a waggle for Raph and wink over her shoulder, " As long as you agree to make me some pizza one day." she didn't know if there would be ingredients anywhere but in villages for such a thing but he could try it. " sounds amazing."


Thankfully Lilo was not but of a cook maybe, but Addy was, the Klaustreich female was making a mash of the root vegetable they were not drying and frying fish bits that Raphael and Leo gave her. Leaving it to them to organise the strips for smoking and drying.

When Duncan shifts, Leonardo knows he is searching for Leo his small hands moving and gripping plastron edges, low chirps.


And Leonardo grins a little eyes still closed churring deep listening to the others and the surroundings, for now they were fine - and the food smelled good.


Very good.


" Leo toss your bandana here please." Leonardo requests lightly voice deep and gravelly with churrs. Though they were different than churrs he'd done before, not rumbling pleasured ones, not his happy ones. Instead rather like a heart beat.

As he works on the fish, Leo is listening to the conversation in mild amusement. He chuckles softly at Raphael rolling his eyes at his brother, and Leo glances up dutifully at the ‘gun show’.

“Impressive.” It’s soft, and bordering on playful, brotherly, sarcasm. Leo does not have that sort of bulk, nor would he want it. He’s not a bruiser, though he can be in the right situation.

It’s calm, quiet and they’re in the clear for the moment, and though he can tell his counterpart is paying attention to everything rather than sleeping, Leo is as well.

Every so often, he steals a glance toward Addy, for no real reason than because he can. And at least as often there’s a glance to Leonardo and Duncan, checking on the child.

He looks up at Duncan’s chirping and the request for his bandanna, and since  his hands are covered in fish, he pulls it off without bothering to untie it as he usually would. He tosses it over as requested.

Oh that tail. ”Deal.” Because really, that was sad.

He hopped back down to the group with another load of items. Before returning to Lilo. ”Anything else we’re after?” He swatted gently at the tip of her tail.

" haha weight did come in handy for the ice car chase, not many could crush in the side of a military grade suv hummer with a cracked shell and all." Leonardo grins so amused and feels the flump of the material of the bandana near him, reaching over to scoop it up and bring it to the boys searching fingers.


He grins as the small hand tightens on the blue cloth and brings it to his small snout. His soft chirps slow and then quieten. " that did it -" little guy was much happier.

" Thank you." a grin, the pizza thing really did sound very yummy and she was eager to learn new things. Unloading more stuff near Addy to sort and or for the two preparers to string up to smoke and dry. thinking over Raph's question and pouting in though for a few moments eyeing the shrubs and bushes and low cacti and trees.


Back at the food and nodding, " we might have enough o keep us going for a few days packing and eating very light but we could probably use now a few of those larger leaves to eat off... come on."


chuckling at his swatting her tail and waggling the tip lightly against his snout - moving away towards the frondy sorts of low shrubs to pull off some of the bigger flat leaves to wash. At least one each.

Raphael makes the muscles bulge some more under scrutiny, if amused it was like those moments he used to do it to his own Leonardo. And kinda like those moments Michelangelo would perfect a new move and wanted to show off. He catches the glances and grins a little.


" she sails and cooks ... is fine looking... loves the little guy -" voice dropping to whispers especially at the little boys chirps slow and stop. Dawwwwwww. " who clearly needed your scent just than that is soooo dannnng cute..." making it clear he was only playfully teasing. And so no one else could hear them over the sizzling of the food and Addy's efforts and the movements of Lilo and Raph.


He found the looks cute and the hesitating amusing. And maybe teasing to show in his Raphie way he was all earholes. " ... I will refrain from pussy jokes." he adds quickly skewering the bugs with soft 'ews' under his breath.

She caught a few of those looks and grins - even one flicking her fluffy tail end - now dry at Leo's snout in a fond sort of way, then looking towards Leonardo and Duncan concerned her hands pausing in her efforts to make a yummy mashed tuber to watch and listen.


then grin when Leonardo sooths the little turtle with Leo's smell, hah she could understand that. Turning her attention to the foods again watching Raph and Lilo, and turning the larger for eating now pieces of fish Raphael and Leo gave her to work with, once she had some leaf plates she'd serve out the food - feeling her belly rumble.


Smiling back over at Leo unable to hear over the food and steam and bubbling water and fire what the two were saying.

Leo chuckled at Raph’s showing off. So like a Raph, and gaped at Leonardo’s words before turning to Raphael.

“Wait, you did what? Seriously?” He laughed. “You guys are insane. Do you know that?”

Leo glanced over at Raphael’s words about Addy, and there’s a soft almost wistful “Yeah...”

Leo actually kind of frowned at Duncan’s calming down when he smelled his scent.

“He’s asked for his brothers, but never a parent.” Not that Leo minds, just... curious.

And he appreciates the restraint regarding pussy jokes.

Raph picked one of the larger leaves, comically large, really. He ‘hid’ behind it briefly, and crept closer to Lilo before once again swatting at her tail. It backfired though and he tumbled down the slope landing between Leo and Raphael, still ‘hiding’ behind the frond.

“Stealthy...”

“I’m fine. Thanks for asking. ...Okay, not one of my finer moments.”

He crawled back to his feet.

Raphael chuckles, helping his counterpart up, " your ruining my impressive moment with adorableness." he is chuckling none the less and grins at Leo. " and yeah we insane... we all are a little crazy, but we're ninja right that's a occupational hazard." his best Gerald Butler, Stoic voice. Moving away from the now striped of everything but head fish body over to help Leo fish up not that there was much left.


Sniffing appreciatively at the air around them -


Pondering Leo's frown and words about Duncan thinking over all they knew of the boy. " your probably the first almost parent he's ever known, and probably doesn't know what a parent is." A lot sad that was really.


But at least now it all changed for the little guy. " very cute he is soothed by Leo smell." He'll wait to say anything about Addy when his counterpart is preoccupied. Probably by the pretty monkey girl skipping their way to check on him.

Addy fights a giggle - watching Raph and his mishap, and the way Lilo hopped down to check on him placing her rinsed and shaken leaves down near herself here so Addy could start with the rationing out of some of the food. A few lightly seared still crunchy and slightly peppery greens, some of the almost would be like potato tubers and fish chunks.


Less of the greens and mash for herself and less fish for Lilo who she'd noted was almost exclusively a vegie eater. Just like she was almost an entire carnivore.

Her look was playing and her tail poised ready to tease Raph, to wriggle and make difficult to tag more... dart in herself to touch him -


Oo


she eeeps a little and hurries after the slipped down turtle dunking the leaves and giving them to Addy moving towards Raph as Raphael helps him back up, smiling, " that was a clever tactic for dodging my tail." only lightly teasing, eyes on his, " you alright?"

Leonardo listened, grinning and silent chuckling at the little Raph's mishap, but luckily for the guy it came with the tlc and play of a furry friend so maybe a lucky tumble?


He lets his mind wonder and feel about them deep breaths of the smell of cooking and eager for some, Duncan still and quiet again happily the blue cloth held loosely in his purple fingers and close to his snout - dawwwww


He grins fingers brushing over the dark purple shell and just holding the little guy. Not rushing his companions even if his belly rumbled lightly. And both wishing he was there giving them a hand and also enjoying this time just relaxing with the sleeping child.

Raph looks up at his counterpart’s comment and sticks out his tongue. And laughs at the impression.

“Yeah... I meant to do that. If I say no, will you kiss it?” He is, however, climbing to his feet and is just fine. He might not be the most amazing fighter here, but he knows how to fall. But he’s not above playing for some extra attention.

Leo chuckled and rolled his eyes slightly at the small Raph, and chuckled again at the Stoic voice.

”I suppose it is.” He has, after all, done his own fair share of crazy things. He’s done a few since he arrived here, actually...

He glances up at Raphael’s comment about Duncan not knowing what a parent is. He frowns, glances back at the child and goes back to finishing up with the last of the fish. It rings a little too true.

Oooooh his counterpart had flirt game! haha He grins and shifts so he is able to finish this up with Leo. He is absurdly proud the two liked his best English voice. " you know it, your turn what's one of craziest thing you or a brother has done? or together?"


And now his counterpart is a tad occupied with the pretty teasing wildermann female he lightly bumps against Leo, " on that note... ya a bit shy?" nodding to the cat lady, he didn't miss the wistful tone or look and his tone is no where near teasing for this, just friendly and wondering. And also a glance at the big brother and small turtle again, " Does it bother you he might be - um bonding with you? And to Addy."


A glance at the catwoman she was getting close to being done with dishing up their food - Aside Leo the little guy definitely found comfort in the feline.

The 'bowls' done Addy first lifts one and takes it over to Leonardo, smiling, washing her paws in the water before she touches Duncan, brushing her thumb over a cheek and grinning as the sleeping boy thumb sucks with Leo's bandana caught in his fingers.


She lightly encourages the thumb out of his mouth and grins at Leonardo. " I gave you a little extra encase Duncan wakes, can eat it if he doesn't." her tail curls and she muffles a purr then moves back towards the other servings, " Raph, Lilo these are yours." she calls tot hem lightly giggling amused by their playing. It was a nice sort of entertainment.


Waiting for them before she would call to Leo and Raphael, give them a moment to wash up after handling raw fishie.


One thing she did do in cooking the fish was to make sure she cooked it hot and thoroughly because as a fish eater herself being at sea for great parts of the year she knew it was best to be careful. Even in cleaning the vege.

Lilo beams, moving closer and kissing Raph's cheek, " of course I will... mmmm kiss this it?" playing and maybe teasingly challenging the Raph to point where he wanted kisses. - glancing over at the notice from Addy she had their dinners. " come on ! show me over munchies... and I shall smoochies."


She offers a hand to move over to the leaf 'bowls' that Addy places aside for them both.


Of course she'd not understood the reference Raphael made with his voice change but she found it amusing.

" thanks Addy, is sweet of you and smells great." Leonardo praises and thanks shifting a little to cradle the boy in an arm to his chest and draw his leaf plate closer, he wished for chopsticks at the very least but settled for scooping some mash with his finger and blowing on it first, offering to the sleeping child, not forcing him to wake.


If he did and ate great, if he didn't and didn't then that was okay too. There would be something for him when he was awake. Mmmmm it wasn't bad Leonardo discovered when he sucked it off his finger after giving the boy time then smiling. Still listening and feeling their surroundings, looking up at the sky for more flocks of birds or other signs their pursuers had caught up - but the only signs were a ways back again further up the mountain.


Good they had time.

“Mm, not quite, juuuust missed it.” He is slightly disappointed that there’s an interruption, but there is food, and a promise of more smoochies, so he’ll take it!

“Thanks, Addy!”

He takes the hand, and follows Lilo to get food, and find somewhere to sit and eat.

To be perfectly honest, aside from recognizing the British accent, Raph hadn’t gotten the reference either.

Leo takes a moment to think about what their craziest stunt was.

“Hmm... I took on the Foot and Shredder single-handed... that was more stupid though. It might have been getting involved in a space war and stealing the personal cruiser of the Triceraton leader. ...Twice.” Leo smirked at that memory.

Leo sort of frowns and doesn’t exactly respond to the comment about Addy. He is hesitant. Mostly because he knows he’s going to be going home eventually.

And the final question, he’s not sure. “No! ...maybe? And when Raphael adds Addy to the mix... that sort of hits. ”I’m not going to be able to stay here... I have to go home eventually... And what about his brothers?” Though he is reasonably sure Liam has maybe bonded with Don. He has no idea about the others.

Leo likes Addy, but he’s not anticipating staying in the Nexus, and his world is no place for her. Or Duncan, really... Though, he’s sure Duncan could adapt and be fine. Addy though... that wouldn’t be fair to her. He shakes his head.

“The space war was just one I was involved in. Gang wars, ninja wars? Pretty sure we’re here for a war. I feel like they follow us... That’s no place for anyone.”

Raphael nods a little, thinking it over then he shrugs a little, " I don't wanna go all Leo on ya... but ya all of sixteen? Even with the fact she likes the little guy and you I don't think Addy will be expecting a marriage proposal and forevers -"


He looks over at his brother - clearly enjoying a little downtime and the cuddling of the little guy. " turtle luck does seem to be having one dangerous crazy adventure find us after another, and some of us might not make it, so I'd say ask her, have fun or attach or love ... and about the kids... well something will be sorted out about them." he chuckles a little and shifts away from the fish body to wash his big hands up to the elbows. Washing off the smell of the fish, blood and some silvery thin scales off of him.


" Got some for us Addy?' mostly playfully because he knew she would have and grin at Leo he moves on knees towards the cat lady and the food.

She purrs and her tail curls and tucks under comfortably watching Raph and Lilo take theirs, " annnnd thanks yous very much for finding the foods" flattered by the thanks in her cooking but without the hunter gathering it wouldn't be here to make.


She hears Raphael and grins over at him and Leo with a teasing ooooh nooo look, " I doooo but ooooh noooos you two miiight have to shares the same leaf bowl." over done oh no face so it's clear to them she is just yanking their tails so to speak.

Leo sighs. No, Addy is far too much the sea cat to stay anywhere for long. And Leo's life is it's own brand of crazy.

“No, I know that.” Leo pauses there, trying to put his thoughts together, and mostly failing. “But you said yourself, Duncan is bonding to both of us. No matter what, he loses.”

There's sort of a pained frown at Raphael's suggestion. And maybe this is one of those things that Raphael just inherently understands that Leo doesn't... or can't. Part of him is a little envious. Just a little. Jealous that Raphael can be so 'just do it' about what Leo can't help but feel is too high stakes. Though maybe... maybe the missed chance would be worse? Probably. Seems the sort of thing Raphael would know.

Leo also moves to wash off the fish from his hands and arms. He takes his time and Raphael has already moved off. Raphael and Addy were talking, but he wasn't paying attention to what was being said. Leo watches the scales glittering as they wash away... He sighs and shakes his head. His words are soft and to himself. Not really intended for anyone else.

“I'm not that guy, Raph... I don't know how.” There are at least a half dozen ways that statement could have been taken had anyone heard it, and... there's probably some truth to all of them. Leo is still at the edge of the water he'd used to clean up. He's just sort of sitting there, watching the rest of the scales float away with an almost frown.

Giggling and chewing on a slice of red bean, stone fried in its jacket it was crispy and had a slightly peppery flavour so made an excellent spoon for the root mush.


Leaning over to kiss Raph's other cheek with a little of the bean juice on lips maybe and closer to his, careful to choose a moment between bites and of course not knocking his hands and food.


"Closer?" interruption was brief and she intended to continue in the down time and over a meal. A warm full belly was coming!

Raphael huge fake grooooans and " Fiiiine bring it over we don't mind sharing." A sort of nod at Leo, no doubt Duncan would lose. It was a sad thing, though inevitable given they all, turtle luck swinging partly their way, will be going home at some point.


Addy doesn't know there has been discussion as she hands over Raphael's bowl with a cheery, " Fiiiine I'll share with Leo."


Raphael sniggers and fakes an relieved dramatic ooooh thanks whilst Addy gathers the last two bowls and carries Leo's to him catching the last few words and is confused, lightly nudging him with her elbow and holding out his food, " that's alright I like not that guy you. Here... whilst it's warm." she grins tail flicking and sitting to begin eating, ears and eyes flicking towards Leonardo - smiling amused, he'd had his the longest and was offering each morsel to the sleeping child first. Hahahaa.

Leo looks up as Addy comes over. “Oh, Hey, Addy. Thank you. He gives her a slight smile, a change from the previous morose words and accepts the food. He scoots over a little offering Addy a seat, though there is already plenty of room for both of them. Once she sits, he scoots so they’re shoulder to shoulder. He likes the light contact, it’s soothing and helps with the listlessness he’s feeling.

He doesn’t like this many variables, this inability to create any sort of plan because... there’s just so much he doesn’t know. Following Addy’s gaze to his counterpart and Duncan, Leo smiles sadly then looks down at his food again. He sort of wants the child back, but he doesn’t want to disturb him. He takes a couple bites.

“This is great, Addy, thank you.”

Raph pokes at the food for a moment before actually trying it. It’s stuff they scavenged, so there weren’t a whole lot of options, but it is food and though he would much prefer a pizza, he will take what he can get at this point.

When Lilo kisses his cheek he chuckled.

“Closer, but not quite it. He grins and offers her a bite of his root mash. Not that it’s different from hers, but it seemed the thing to do, so he did.

Raphael feels a bit bad for confusing Leo - young fellow reminded him a lot of his own Leo at sixteen, serious, and liked a good solid plan... it took the sacks and shredder incidents to get Leonardo to become a little more relaxed with unpredictability.


After all they had to jump out of a plane!... onto a plane... mid-flight!


Watching the cat and turtle he grins scooching tail over to Leonardo, " share you cuddle hog." admoshing tone, but it was fake and he put down his leaf bowl to lightly scoop the little boy up, nuzzling him. Ignoring Leonardos nawwwwww.


And churring all the while he stands and moves back to the two and one big hand touches Leo's shoulder giving it a squeeze as he squats and nuzzles the boy, " Ooooh looook who did is..." waiting for Leo or Addy to be ready to take the kid.

Leonardo held his smirk in when he heard Raphael's shuffle his way. He opens eyes and straightens a little and maaaaaybe held the boy a little out of the reach for a few moments before giving up the goods into his brothers protective arms instead wirth a poke of his tongue at the big rough hard shelled gooey centered turtle with a mock huff of " fiiiine but Ido it under protest I was more than content hogging all the hugs." he informs with a touch of smugery but it was all play and arms kinds free he shifts not only swapping his slightly larger mostly uneaten ration of food to his brother he moves to another hot pool. A hotter one the groan that escaped him was long and deep.


[color:d78b=#00--CD]" ooooooh yeaaaaaaaah" as a mutant turtle with a tougher hide he could tolerate safely a little bit hotter than humans would. Just a tad.

"Oooooh I will land the next one just right - mmmm that smells good..." she giggles her tail shifting going around Raph's shell chuckling and ears perking upwards at the offer. She accepts daintily her tongue warm and wet in the very brief contact it had to fingers, her lips warm and soft.


and chewing for a moment beams and points at the bean pod she was holding making a sound and motion for him to shares too!


Not in a rush, but eager none the less, to shares and then resume the playing kiss it better guessing game.

She purrs, it is soft and deep and vibrates through the contact Leo allows.


Glad for it and winking at the thanks, " I should be thanking you guys for providing such excellent ingredients. So thanks. For the fish - and I'm glad it's edible." she grins and nuzzled his shoulder careful not to smush any food there - blinking and her tail flicks as Raphael brings over Duncan offering the sleeping children to them.


Having giggled at his and Leonardos teasing and the bigger blue turtles shift into a hotter pool. " thanks Raphael..." hesitating taken him though because Leo looked so unsettled and just like the little guy was happiest to snuggle and rest near Leo or with his scent close as the lightly held bandana told, so too did being around the little guy seem to have the same effect on Leo.


And she wasn't going to pry into what was unsettling Leo right now. Maybe once Raphael moved and they had Duncan and eating more she might gently ask.

Raph grins at the warm contact. He is also eager to continue their game, smirking a little as he accepts the offering. He’s not dainty... ever, but he’s careful.

He would feel cool and smooth against her warmth.

Leo leans against Addy just a little, and for only a moment. He sits up more properly after that brief second.

Leo does like a good, solid plan, but he’s typically okay with no plan so long as he doesn’t have time to think about it, but he has a moment right now.

“It is a nice change.” Leo commented of the fish. They’ve had plenty of food so far, but it’s been getting a little monotonous.

He looks over as Raphael brings Duncan over.

“Thanks, Raphael.” Leo takes a couple more quick bites of his dinner before accepting the sleeping little guy and snuggling him close.

Raphael grins and shrugs a little, giving the gun show again - maybe half flirtier for Addy. " these arms deliver all sorts of good muscle power." entirely playful and lightly shoving against Leo as he moves off - all in play the same way he'd treat a brother.

Well maybe not at full strength as he would - say... Leonardo - he grins and flops onto his brother in his pool ruining his relaxed state quiet spectacular if he does say so himself!

She fights a half sigh and her purrs dim a little, but they grow again closer to Duncan and smiling at him and Leo for a moment moving Leo's leaf bowl to her knee so he could reach whilst hugging the small guy.


Sniggering at Raphael and reaching over to poke one of those bulging biceps - amused by his words and by the following muck about and Leonardo's cut off yelp of surprise cause he and Rapahel sunk beneath the waters with that flop splash.


And her purrs pick up - though she becomes aware again she was still smelly. Siiigh not long and it would end. She therefore shifts so she could slid into the pool of water nearest her and Leo, kneeling in it glad for the smothering effect it had on the heat stank.  Her and Leo's leaf bowls next to him for easy access. Her own had more meat that green and mush and she nods, " it is nice change, I mean I usually have a high fish diet but never has it been this flavour... probably lack of salt water."

Leo chuckled softly at Raphael’s display. And again at the punch to the shoulder. He felt strangely good about being accepted like that. And once more, this time with a shake of his head as Raphael jumps into Leonardo’s pool. Though this time he was sort of rooting for the larger turtle.

He is a little disappointed when Addy gets in the water, but he understands, and keeps his opinions to himself, and off his face.  He does change his position so his legs are in the water. It’s warm and feels nice.

Leo nodded at the comment regarding the flavor of the fish. He wouldn’t know, but it sounded reasonable.

It takes him a moment to figure out how to eat around the child, and there doesn’t seem to be a way that isn’t completely awkward. But he gets it figured out well enough.

And while he finishes his food, and holds the child, he just sort of watches Addy in the pool.

Hahahaha! he would laugh outloud but he and Leonardo sunk to the floor of the pool wrestling holding their breaths and Raphael had to relish the heat and feel of the hot water around him!

Addy moved closer to those legs, but Leo had drawn away from the closeness before so she didn't intrude closer - watching the little guy stretch out in Leo's hold - of course making eating around him difficult!


Her ears prick up and she leans closer when he yawns wide exposing teeth and she licks the fish off her paw tips before tickling the little snout. " miss my younger siblings, nice having him around.' yes she treated him like she would her tiny siblings, the newers kits, though her mother had not had a little fore some years. So she adored smothering Duncan with all that attention she would normally give a little sister or brother.

Giggling and her tail tip brushing against his leg it was resting along from where she wrapped it about his shell Lilo watches Raph take the little bit and enjoys the slightly cool and smooth feel of him, her thumb brushing over his skin.


And she enjoys the play leaning in as her offered morsel is taken and with a soft eager squeak and kissing him lightly on the mouth - food or not, just a light but inviting smooch.

Splash!


Yelpo and under they go! Leonardo's almost curse of surprise lost in the holding of breath - and he knows the steamy top is probably choppy and splashing as the two of them wrestle and Leonardo tickles his big bodied younger brother.

Leo chuckled. Holding the small child, his still barely there baby smell was sort of intoxicating, and Leo couldn’t help but want to take care of the little guy.

“My ‘younger’ brothers are sort of assigned ages, like those two.” Leo gestured toward the wrestling turtles.  “There’s no proof or assurance that I am actually older.” He chuckles slightly.  “I haven’t really been around anyone as young as he is.”

He sighs again.

“I just wish I had some sort of idea what will happen to him when this is all over.”

Found it! Raph returns said smooch willingly.  He slips an arm around her, pulling her closer.  Setting his food down with the other hand.

“I think you found one, maybe one more time, just to be sure.” and this time, there’s no food in anyone’s mouth.

Addy grins and nods behind Leo to the smoochies happening -tempted to 'oooooooooooh' loudly like half a kit herself but refraining from the childish playful impulse and listening to Leo with a sort of wondering amusement. " so your like... actually um quads?"


She grins, " being around such little ones makes me feel all big sisterly again, always liked that - my two next older brothers, the ones that helped you have no kits of their own and most of the older litter didn't make it and the one tom that did got himself voluntarily neutered. Being a sailing Klaustreich is a long time away from home thing so either myself or one of those two older toms might be the ones to leave the freedom of the seas and have our own families. Maybe. I'm not ready for a long time... I don't think."


Not withstanding she finds herself attacked or a drunken night or ... other circumstance yeah she didn't see herself ready for her own kits.


Leaning in her fur brushing Leo placing her mostly empty leaf bowl down and nuzzling the little boy. " I doubt letting him go back to where he came from is an answer, he's lost all those scars and sores, and gained weight... speaking much clearer and color so much brighter." Yes travelling was hard but the boy was so dotted upon he was rapidly becoming properly toddler shaped and meeting those milestones... over taking a few Addy felt he was very quick at learning.


Everything.


It was still the most adorable thing the tot was so proud of himself cause he was getting really good at potty training.