Feral Management

I don't like being in heat.
Really...why did Dr. Foster and the other scientists merge me with cat DNA?
If I catch myself suddenly howling again, I'll....

Hehehe

Ya know...
this would all go much smoother if you got pregnant.

Ah yes but you know that already, don't you?

Taunting me helps the situation how?

Yes, I know the symptoms will go away once I'm pregnant, but it's like my body's become impatient. Stupid little things trigger wild temperaments and irrational thoughts. I get upset when I catch anyone else's scent on Adagio for crap's sake. It's not just a mild jealousy either, but an outright desire to remove it and the person dumb enough to touch her.

What's wrong with that?

Protect your mate.

My mate works as a liason. She meets and interacts with several people daily as part of her job. Nothing romantic behind it. I have no reason to be jealous.

...or is it?

Shut up. I'm starting to notice traces of this irrational thought in my daily actions. The other night I went to the mainland with Adagio to meet a new hire to the ASF as well as watch them spar. I know, violent mindset and I go to watch someone else fight with my wife? That make any sense?

The fight went well. Leliana is no pushover to combat. In fact, I'd say she's a little too good. Either that or Adagio's starting to lack in her fighting skills. The spar came to a close when Adagio's ankle gave out.

I've known for a while now that her joints were under terrible pressure, and with the way Adagio seems to be aging, her external body does not match the internal framework. Her body's insides are older than she looks for a thirty year old. It took her up to the point of injury to tell me this to my face when in truth it was nothing new. Only Dr. Parkin would know how to properly treat her.

I found myself being angry at Leliana, though I didn't show most of it while tending to Adagio that night. Injuries may happen in a spar; it's better they be inflicted in a friendly match than out on the field where an opponent might not be so remorseful. At least I have an outlet for all this anger.

Reading keeps me calm. Between the library and Ashagi's vast range of writings and files on internal scientific progress, I'm perfectly occupied. Of course in a city like this, one won't find much quiet time for leisure reading. I still have a daughter to protect.