Some Things Just Can't Be Understood

"Sounds good," replied Maple. "Ladies first. Not that I have much of a choice in the matter."

Pheobie giggled. "You sure you don't want to pick me up?"

"Well, guess I could do that too," Mpale replied, scooping her up in his arms as he got up.

Pheobie giggled widely and clung to his neck.

Maple paraded around the room with her, whistling some military tune.

Pheobie giggled. "Skye!" She giggled "You're so silly!"

"So I am, dear," Maple answered with a grin. "Now are we both walking, or will it be just me?"

"What do you want?" Pheobie asked with a smile.

"Well, I wouldn't mind carrying you," Maple began. "But I think my arms and back would."

"Then I can walk" Pheobie smiled

"Alright," Maple replied, putting her down carefully. "I need to go open the door first anyway." He headed over to activate the exit.

Pheobie followed happily.

The trees and plants outside weren't just green. Some of were, but others were blue, or purple, or orange, or just about any other color to be listed. The light filtering through the leaves made the whole area seem like a sea of rainbow.

Pheobie's face lit up at the array of colors. "Its so beautiful!" She gasped in awe

"Isn't it?" replied Maple. "This place isn't much for flowers, but with this much color who needs them?"

Pheobie blushed. "I-it makes me feel happy! Because I didn't do anything to make it like this!" She exclaimed

"Yeah, it's about the brightest place you can find in the universe," Maple explained as they walked along. "Even the animals are bright, if we can find any."

Pheobie smiled and grabbed Maple's hand. She leaned against him as the walked

Maple wrapped his arm around her as they walked through the colorful paradise. Ocassionally he spotted some families with their kids. That's gonna be us after a few months Maple realized. Even now there were some days Pheobie's pregnacy failed to register in his mind.

Pheobie couldn't take her eyes off the scenery. She had never seen a place so colorful that she didn't make that way herself

A couple of bright-red squirrels scurried in front of them, Maple nearly tripped over them.

After the experiance with the pink squirrel, pheobie quickly skittered back

"Don't worry, these things aren't like the ones we encountered in that other world," Maple assured. "Though they have the bad tedency of dashing in front of people are getting stepped on."

Soon a bright blue dog galloped past them, apparently in pursuit of the squirrels.

Slowly, Pheobie smiled again. She really liked this place.

"Anyway, there's no crazy wildlife to worry about here," Maple said. "The animals here are pretty tame. Some people make a business getting these animals and making pets out of them."