with one headlight

Sleepy he might be, but he would never fall asleep and put his empress at risk. He was content with simply being relaxed around her. He did give a sleepy smile at the memory of the little jelly bean pups she had birthed. Before they had grown enough to be allowed full freedom and instead crawled mischievously around their den and given their mother a hard time. He had known immediately that he had loved them, and remembered the feelings it had left him with - that they would not be his own.

"Perhaps... perhaps I will have some little rascals of my own sometime soon" he said wistfully. He had never spoken the wish outloud to Death before, too afraid before of hurting her. Now that she seemed content with her lot, he could cautiously put the idea out there. "When you... how long did it take, to fall pregnant?" By the gods, what an awkward question. The large, imposing titan opened both eyes now, and looked a little sheepish as he eyed Deathbelle. Would she guess his concern?

"And as for Venom, give her to me for a season or two, let me see if I can train her for Special Reconnaissance. She would make a frightening little spy" he said, a fond smile making it's way to his expression.