A Sinner's Eden

Chapter 158 - EVO

***Tirnanog, Thich Fortress City***

***Magnus***

I blinked as I returned to consciousness in Gaia’s familiar dream world. The bungalow had already turned into a second home away from home as far as I was concerned, so I gave myself a few seconds to relax and acclimatize to the dream. Always waking up right after falling asleep was always a little disorienting.

Once I felt okay, I rose from the deck chair on the bungalow’s terrace. Then I turned and headed into the bungalow, hoping Astra would already be present to receive the daily update on what was happening at Thich City.

The dream was a welcome opportunity to stay up-to-date with my wife. The military aspect of our mission was already handled by the communication devices which the organisation brought with them when they left Earth.

I smiled when I heard familiar voices upon opening the glass door, leading inside.

“And I am telling you, I can hardly be held responsible if a few humans start an orgy,” Gaia exclaimed right as I entered the living room. “All I did was give them compatibility advice. It’s not like such services weren’t already offered by the local doctors. The only difference is that I am doing a much better job at it. Am I truly being ridiculed for improving the previously atrocious success rate?” The avatar rolled her eyes. “Humans are ridiculous.”

Astra tore at her hair, clearly frustrated. “It’s not like we are not thankful for what you are trying to do. But don’t you see that’s exactly the problem? Those people believe in you religiously and then what’s essentially their goddess tells them with whom they can do it, then what do you expect to happen among a population of people who have been living in enforced celibacy for their entire lives?”

“They could have always just taken the risk and fucked anyone they met on the street!” Gaia defended herself. “How am I to blame for them being afraid to try? As I see it, those early excesses are just the natural consequence of some nutjobs allowing it to go too far. It will sort itself out if you give it time.”

Gaia huffed. “You mean just because my advice drastically increases their chances, I am to blame for them committing a social taboo? I still refuse to take any blame for some freaks going at it where they shouldn’t. They could have always just taken my advice and gotten a private room for themselves. Instead, they went and broke a social taboo. Bohoo.”

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I had no clue what the two women were arguing about, but it sounded like something I wanted no part of, so my attention drifted to Isaac and his two sisters who were sitting on the floor and playing cards.

“What are Mum and Aunty Gaia talking about?” Constella asked with a curious expression on her face.

“Adult stuff,” Isaac replied gruffly, deeply concentrated on his cards. “We are too young for that, so it doesn’t matter right now.”

“They are talking about sex!” Aurora flaunted her superior knowledge.

“What is sex?” Constella asked.

“That’s what Mom and Dad are doing when they lock the door and Mum starts screaming ‘Yes, yes! Deeper! Harder!’” Aurora described to the best of her abilities. “And then Dad goes ‘I love you baby!’ and then both of them grunt like the molerats in front of the carriages.”

“Ah, the icky baby-making thing.” Constella’s interest waned slightly at her sister’s vivid description. “Will we get more siblings if they do it often enough?”

“Likely,” Isaac admitted. “Haven’t you already read all this in the biology book? Second row on the bookshelf in the living room.”

“I have,” Aurora replied smugly.

Constella puffed out her cheeks. “Well, sorry that I didn’t get the multiple personality disorder mutation! I can’t just rifle through all the books and remember them like you two.”

“You still have perfect memories,” Aurora pointed out. “That’s not an excuse.”

“But I have to read everything slowly,” Constella pointed out. “So I got just to the end of the first row on that shelf.” Then she thought for a moment while looking at her cards before asking another question, “So if Mom and Dad have more kids, won’t they have even less time for us?”

“They will!” Aurora exclaimed as if the thought only just occurred to her. “You are not as stupid as I thought, sis. What do we do? They are not paying enough attention to us as it is.”

Isaac lowered his cards. “Is that a problem? If there are more kids, we have more people like us to play with. People who understand what it is like to be born with a fully functioning mind and no life experience while being caught in bodies like this.” He gestured at himself.

“I still want more hugs.” Constella pouted.

“I thought so too,” Aurora admitted. Then she hummed and hemmed around, caught up in her thoughts. “Admittedly, after having Mom at home for the entire day, day after day, I can honestly say there is such a thing as too much parental attention! She doesn’t let us go anywhere without supervision! I want to go out and explore! I wanna see the treemonae forest the adults mentioned.”

Isaac shuddered. “Be glad she looks out for you. There are things outside the mansion we aren’t ready to meddle with.”

“You are just a big coward, big bro,” Aurora complained.

“Then ask Dad to show you the treemonae. Or the molerats!” Isaac huffed. “They eat something our size with a single bite! And technically I am just as old as you, so don’t call me Big Brother. Mom laid all three of us at the same time.”

“It counts when you hatch, not when you are laid,” Aurora stated, sounding quite sure of herself. “So you are 'big bro', no matter what you say.”

“Does not!” Isaac rebutted.

Constella frowned. “But seriously, from when do we count our age? Does the hatching or the laying date count? Do we get to celebrate two birthdays?”

That intrigued Aurora. “Now, that’s actually worth consideration. It would mean the adults have to give us twice as many presents...”

I slowly took a step backwards and softly closed the door until it went shut with a ‘click’.

Having escaped everybody’s attention, I cracked my neck and turned around to enjoy the sight of the peaceful jungle paradise outside. Sometimes, being alone was preferable to whatever was going on inside that house.