Cooing, Gaia leaned over to pat Gaius' hand with her own plump, soft hand, and then she stretched out her arms, opening and closing her fingers in a silent demand for Gaius to take her.
"It seems all three of us can say the same thing," Severus replied. "What we have is more than any of us ever expected, particularly the hell-spawn."
As if on cue, Cymbeline glanced at him questioningly. "Us?"
"You," Severus affirmed, reaching out to tug one of her braids, and she grinned, not seeming offended in the slightest.