"Shwa?"
"Waaa..."
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Waaa!"
"Can you influence fate if you really really wish for something?"
"Waaa!"
I laughed and hugged him. How silly; as if a baby could affect the whole universe. Hmm...but Shwa wasn't exactly your regular baby, was he?
Pulling back, I stared at the round, blinking green eyes. Baby fingers scratching dark hair languidly. A baby. A bit bigger than his peers, but a baby nonetheless.
Still...
I leaned down at the baby lying along my slightly raised thighs and whispered. "Shwa, you want to stay with Papa, right?"
"Waaa!"
"Can you wish very very very strongly at the universe to stay with me and Natha?"
"Waa!"
"Okay, let's wish very very strongly to have you fully under my and Natha's custody, okay?"
"Waaah!"
"Mm, mm--what a good boy~"
