You Got Hurt by a Pumpkin?!

"Really? What fortuitous timing. It is like Caido is a guardian angel." For him, arriving in Caido had been incidental, almost, something that snatched him away from his life in his sleep; he had not considered the use of portalling away as an escape. Had it been by design, he wondered, or just some kind of wonderful coincidence? The talk of timelines was honestly a little confusing. If Rex did not fully understand how it had happened, he was sure he wouldn't either, but it was not time to ask for clarification; he could tell she was trying to say something important. For a moment he didn't comphrehend, staring blankly. Then, suddenly, the words snapped into place in his head and he leaned back with wide eyes, blowing out surprised air. "I see...does...she know you are her mother?" Bastien wasn't sure why that was the first question to come to mind, but there were so many to ask it was as good a starting point as any. "...And...the other twin..?" It had not yet struck him he was about to become a step-father, or that he would have to meet his to-be wife's daughter. For the moment he was stuck on understanding the whole thing to begin with. Bastien Start by admitting from cradle to tomb Isn't that long a stay Life is a cabaret, old chum It's only a cabaret, old chum