The Earth After Rebirth

Sekani didn't have the time to be hands on with the company. Philip was doing all the work, calling him every week for updates. The person who suffered the most was Wilfred, he went back and forth frequently.

He expressed he didn't mind doing this for his master more than once. At a certain point Sekani stopped asking, since he didn't want to be called Master.

His focus was entirely on the newborns.

Liyana, Gaia, Caspien and Rian were growing rather fast. Only over a month old and they could already move around, only with their stomachs.

Their fragile limbs couldn't quite carry them yet, so they dragged themselves across the safe room that was especially prepared for them.

Sekani couldn't remember how it was with Alora but to him, this seemed like they were growing unnaturally fast.

This was another difference between the humans of old and the new ones. The kids matured at a rapid and scary rate. At this age, a second looking away could mean a tragedy.

That's why Sekani had people over to fix up a single room, make it safe for the still very fragile kids. They were also starting to show individuality and personality.

Liyana was very overprotective. Sekani couldn't help but tip his hat to nature. She was just a kid, she didn't know that she was the oldest yet she was already acting responsible for the younger siblings.

Gaia was super shy and quiet, she rarely cried. The parents would occasionally have to ensure she was still alive sometimes. She was also obsessed with this one toy, that was a stuffed gorilla.

Caspien was the naughty one. They couldn't take him anywhere, couldn't give him anything that he wouldn't find a way to break. Wherever he went, he was followed by a trail of chaos. Sekani didn't even want to imagine what he'll be like in a year from now, when he could walk.

'Another Loki, gods help us.'

Rian was cut from a different cloth. It was kind of scary how matured he acted, they could've sworn he was an old man. He only let his waste out when they took the diaper out, he was also very much into picture books. He could lay there for hours looking at them.

It was also helpful that the books were actually on a small screen, just for him. He learned pretty fast to swipe left and right to get to the next picture or the previous.

The room was divided into four sections. They decided on this because of Caspien. The kid was simply a bulldozer that terrorised his siblings, not in a bad way, but their toys would see their end and a lot of crying would soon follow.

"Can't the date be pushed back a bit? Things are hectic this side." Sekani was talking on the phone, opening the door to check on the kids.

"Sorry Sir, the Blakeson, despite the setback, they've confirmed the launch to be this week. They refuse to move it. If we don't choose the same date, I'm afraid we will be losing." Philip gave him the rundown.

The kids lit up at seeing their father coming into the room, they started cooing. The only one who didn't seem to care was Rian, as he was immersed into his picture books.

"Fine, I'll see what I can do, I can't miss the launch. That would look bad, I'll talk to Freya."

Sekani expected for him to hangup but he didn't. He waited for him to say the next piece of news but he never said anything.

"Ahem?"

"Could I, uh, see my nephews and nieces?"

He simply shook his head. Philip had asked this a thousand times for him to still be embarrassed about it. So he did what he always did, and put him on the big screen on the room.

The screen was so huge that they could see him properly while laying down.

"Hello, you little rascals, missed me?"

Hearing his voice, they stopped what they were doing and looked up the screen, saying incoherent nonsense — baby language was a lot harder to figure out but Philip always played along.

Even Rian looked up for a little bit, they were all somehow very fond of Philip. They didn't see him much since he was always away, but it was early Christmas to them every time they did.

"You know Philip, I don't like how my kids love you more than they love me. You saw how unbothered they were when I walked in." Sekani jokingly complained.

"Unfortunately, it seems they've already reached the age of not liking their parents much, instead putting all their hope on their elder brother." His grin was almost comical.

"Tsk. By the way, with the weather like this, how are they even going through with the launch?"

"You haven't been watching TV much have you? The storm will clear out on Friday. Saturday will be the day of the launch."

"Okay fine, release a statement saying that we will be releasing our product on Saturday." He said half annoyed.

"I'd like for us to ask Kiro to post an ad for us." He asked subtly and hesitantly.

"Why?"

"He's a really popular player of Asgard Online, probably ranked 1 in the entire game. Coming from him it would definitely boost our sales."

"Thinking ahead, that's smart. I'll —"

"That's alright, I'll ask him. I don't want you doing more than you should. Those four should be keeping you on your feet." He offered sincerely.

He nodded in understanding. Philip talked with the kids for the last time and then dropped the call. Just then, Freya walked in.

She immediately went for a hug, Sekani embraced her. She was completely cold. Making him shiver in the process.

"You should slow your visits down." He told her gently.

Freya smiled, "well I can't imagine what she's going through. I'd die if you were gone."

Sekani sighed. That was the excuse she always used to get him to let her off. And it worked every single damn time.