Eshoq looked up as Oriana held aloft her phone and snapped a picture of her boyfriend.

She grinned, inspecting it on the screen. "It's a keeper! Sky frames ya' perfectly!"

Eshoq Xerfantes snickered, seeing it too when she flipped the phone. "Caught my Mom-side!" He says with an approving nod.

"Yer' wha...?"

"Mom side! My left eye's like my Mom's and right eye's like my Dad's. Na'eema calls hers the opposite." The wolfox explained.

Oriana scratched her head. "How'zit I've known ya' since we were babies and I never heard'ja call it that?"

Eshoq waggled his fingers and made a faux mysterious noise... "Xerfantes Twins, deep lore uncovered! Whoooo!"

She socked him in the shoulder. "Har har... Y'silly git."

Eshoq yelped. "Owww... easy now, bruiser! I wanna see if I can beat my dad's record for 'time spent without cybernetic prosthesis'."

"Oh yeah... sometimes forget tha' Uncle Zucca's a... yanno... alien." Oriana murmured.

"Hey, your mom's technically an alien!"

"Yer' face is an alien."

The couple blurted out laughter, sitting on the bench near their homes that overlooked the ocean.

"When yer' seven million years old... you gonna remember me, Eshy...?" She asked softly.

"If I make it to a billion, I'll never forget you, Ori..."


[Artwork by the fantastic and wonderful  ZivaHansi ]