Nagoya [a few weeks later]

[momslilassassin]

Ben was coming back from his normal morning run, sweaty and feeling awake for the first time that day. He got to the door of their house and stopped outside to finish his water bottle and extend his now habitual morning quest into the Force to check on the baby.

...and nearly fell over as there was a fuzzy attempt to reach back--and a mental image of a tiny baby fist reaching out.

"Kuso," he whispered. "Hello there."

Then: "ENDER!"