when all your fears come true at once

*Jupiter* · 01-03-2022, 11:02 AM

A gasping, wheezing Jupiter threw himself at the feet of the tractor. "Valen," he wheezed as he reached out to bang on the rusty metal beast. He'd run flat out for miles; easily the furthest and fastest he'd run in years. The last few hours had been a whirlwind. Ballad was dead, he was a father again, and he had a whole new set of urgent problems to contend with. What was he going to do with three motherless newborns? There was no way Alfrun could take care of eleven in her current state. Both he and Alfrun were already stretched thin with what they had. How could they take on more? He was such a fool. This was bad, really bad. What was he going to do?

Jupiter felt sick to his stomach. He was exhausted, his nerves frayed, and yes, he was still struggling to process the situation. This morning he had been a father of eight with an ill wife. Now he was a father of eleven with an ill wife, a dead lover and more problems then he knew he could handle. And that was why he was turning to the smartest man he knew. Valentine would know what to do.

"Pop, wake up!" He kicked at the tractor again. "There's been..." He struggled to find a word that summed it up. "There's just been some shit, Pop. Come on, get up!"

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