Learning to breath again

Things still didn't feel like they had calmed down. The pirates had collected their leader and Bae found he was steadily growing to not care at all for the pirate's actions. Their leader was out of his damned mind for attacking Haydee when the man had just decided to hold a bull shit thing over her head and escalate things beyond reason. Bae was of the mind to send his children and Lucy to another pack for safety until he was sure everything was done and over with. No matter how much the thought of not having an eye on Lucy and the kids would drive him mad.

Tonight though he was seated outside. His eyes were on the lights as they danced in the night sky. His thoughts were loud in his head as he sat there. His children weren't ready for war, nor for anything else. He could fix that, but they had all seemed to float and separate from him and Lucette now. Even Ikuchi had done so, it was unlike him. His one ear pressed back in thought. He had had his companions turn in for the night. Gav had been so scarce from his and Lucette's lives lately but he could hardly blame him. Nova had seemed to disappear. Even Tani and Jericho. A sigh escaped his lips.

Where had he gone wrong as a parent and teacher?

Maybe he should call for one of his sons? Jericho would be a good starting choice, he had seemed driven before to become a soldier. Maybe Bae should teach him the fundamentals of his birth family. The fact that deals could be made, promises in some's eyes, and they had to be honored. Deals with demons is what they had called them. He'd made a few of these. It was one of the reasons he couldn't run with his family now. He'd made a promise to keep Ethne safe, and as their Bruiser would do so, without fear of death.

He tilted his head back and sent a call to Jericho. A few lessons were going to be taught here tonight maybe. If his son answered that was.
"Speech!"