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him.
    “ Calling your mother
ravishing,” she scoffed with a giggle. “People will talk, you
know.”
    “ I assure you I’m not here
with such intentions,” Xander said with somewhat of a cringe.
Aredelle smiled, shaking her head once more, as a mother would to
their playing and fumbling child.
    “ What is it, Xander? It’s
late.”
    Xander held up his hands
in compliance, backing up towards the bench that sat in front of
his parents’ bed, plopping down on it when he’d reached
it.
    “ You’ve got to hear me out
on this, mother.”
    “ Don’t make me repeat
myself,” she sighed, resting her forearms on her knee, which was
propped over her other. Xander nodded, again raising his
hands.
    “ Earth,” he said bluntly,
while remaining perfectly still.
    He watched for her
reaction before continuing. Aredelle arched and finely trimmed
brow, watching her son in question. Her head shook slowly, almost
distractedly.
    “ Earth,” she repeated, as
if to ask what about it.
    Xander took in a breath,
his shoulders dropping as he moved his hands to his knees, his eyes
squinting somewhat, almost wincing.
    “ I want to go
there.”
    Aredelle’s face dropped as
the fog was suddenly whipped from her perception. Her brows
immediately furrowed, her lips parting in the beginnings of a long
protest.
    “ Hear me out,” Xander
begged, his hands rising once again.
    “ Absolutely not,” Aredelle
scoffed, turning away from him. Xander stood and walked up behind
her again, looking at her from the reflection in the
mirror.
    “ I wouldn’t be by myself.
Loni would be with me, and –“
    “ You told Loni about
this?” Aredelle questioned, her eyes snapping up to his in the
mirror. “And she didn’t tell me?”
    “ Not …” Xander shrugged
his shoulders, rocking his head from side to side. “… Exactly .”
    “ Xander,” Aredelle
grumbled.
    “ Just listen to why I
–“
    “ I know why you want to go to
Earth,” Aredelle argued, turning to face him once again, and
setting down her brush that she had picked back up. “Have you
forgotten who I am? I raised you, Xander.” Aredelle stood up, making Xander
take a step back. “You want to go exploring. Adventuring. Conquering , even. I
won’t have it.”
    “ Mother, I –“
    “ Kiran is in the face
of war , and you
want to go exploring.” She scoffed, shaking her head in motherly
disappointment. “They are our allies, Xander. Our family. We will fight beside them.
Whether you are to be married or not.”
    “ I know that we are fighting with them.
I’m not trying to avoid fighting. When the final days of
preparation are upon them, we will return.”
    “ Xander –“
    “ Just …” he sighed,
frowning some before immediately shifting it to an optimistic and
honest smile. “During our visit. I spoke to one of the humans. You
saw him – Maverick. He said that in the rush to leave Earth, Hydra
had left things in his now unattended living area. She left them
there – on Earth, Mother.” Aredelle continued to frown, not seeing
why that was of any importance.
    “ What if they’re found?
What about the escape pods Saphora and Arol were sent in? They were
not returned. What about Tebias’ weaponry? His ship ? Vasuki’s ship. What about Vasuki?
With Tebias dead, there’s no way that she would have been able to
leave Earth, and I doubt Ares would care enough about her to send
for her.”
    Still, Aredelle
frowned.
    “ What if the humans find
them? Like they found Saphora? What if they were to somehow find
Athena?”
    Aredelle’s face paled,
finally breaking her expression – or rather, enhancing
it.
    “ What if they were to
somehow track our planet … our atmosphere by using our technology
left behind? Those ships have return coordinates.”
    “ They aren’t that
intelligent,” Aredelle asked, more than commented.
    “ They were able to
contain Arol for
the amount of time that they did. Imagine what they’d do
with our technology.”
    “ This isn’t a