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[Millitimed to just after this]

Piper’s outside sitting on the grass, staring at the lake. If you look it’s obvious that something happened to her: her clothes look faintly singed and the ends of her hair look..well..crispy. She doesn’t seem to have noticed.

She wouldn't mind company.

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"My sons are very powerful, as I imagine my sisters' children will be."

"Powerful is usually a good thing. Means that they'll be able to protect themselves when the time comes that they have to."

"It can also be dangerous.

My oldest can shield himself and those around him from harm, but he was also supposed to become the most powerful force of evil the world had ever seen.
Fortunatly I think we've changed that now.

Do you have any children?"

"Wow. So, now he'll be the most powerful force of good?

No. I don't, and never will."

Her head tilts a bit, causing her hair to fall over her face a bit.

"I don't know for certain-"

Piper leans forward towards Elizabeth just a little bit, her face and voice is full of gentle concern.
"Are you okay, honey?"

She gives a faint smile.

"I just don't ever think I'll be happy with the fact that I can't have kids. Not that I want them know, but there used to always be that some day aspect to it."

"Why can't you?"

"Infected with lycanthropy. And we have to shift on the full moon, no if, ands, or buts, and the shift is to hard on our bodies to keep with child through it."

She frowns.

"Werewolf?" Trying to understand.

"Wereleopard. In my world, we have more speices than just werewolves."

...

Ah! The lightbulb goes off!

"I guess that would make it difficult to parent.."
Thoughtful pause. "Do you adopt children on your world?"

"Not that I know of. We're shunned out of jobs like teacher and doctor, I'm sure there's a block for adopting children because of what we are as well."

Piper frowns. "That's not right. If your world is anything like mine werewolves are crazy for, you know, three days a month and sane for the rest.
I'm bitchy for three days a month, only for me it's called PMS. They let ME have kids."

That earns a grin. "We don't always have control over our emotions the first couple months after the change, and we don't remember what we do when we shift for those months. Which is why we have more experienced people to look over the new ones. Though, we aren't exactly crazy once we learn to control our beasts.

Once we have expierence, we can be as gental as a house cat, or dog. People just seem to freak out about how easy it is to catch lycanthropy when we're shifted."

"Well, okay, so they could control WHEN you get to adopt, but blocking it out entirely seems dramatic."

She gives a dry smile. "So does firing known lycanthropes from a job as a doctor or a teacher when we aren't contagious in human form. And yet, it still happens. Even when there are technically laws against it."

"I'm so sorry."

"Thanks, though I doubt you need my problems added to yours."

She gives a small stretch. "Buy you something to eat in the bar?"

She smiles.
"I don't mind. You'd be suprised how nice it is to talk to people other than my sisters about being a witch and well..anything really. Being a Charmed One doesn't really allow for a social life."

Piper nods and stands.
"Sure.

I'll have to introduce you to my boys sometime."

"One of the joys of being here, really. More people around that you can meet and bond with and they don't care if you have magical powers or turn furry every so often."

She stands and starts walking towards the doors, giving a real smile. "That'd would be lovely."

[fade there?]

[And you!]

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