Caretaker gently took the infant and held her carefully. Moving slowly, he sat on the couch and made balls of light dance in the air over her head, hoping to amuse her.

But as he played, he considered the problems ahead. Tak and Samus had yet to agree to join him, and now he had Lorac to worry about. The one difference between the two was Seriph could wield Life Magic and Troven couldn't. Well there was also the insanity to worry about, but that was just icing on the damn cake.

"Always something, isn't there?" He said to Sari. "Always something that needs taking care of."

"Gah goo," Sari pontificated. "Ba," she added.

Caretaker laughed to himself. It felt good to laugh. But then he sobered up and tried to plan his next move. He could set the Trovens up on the Crag Cat, leave something here to make Lorac think Troven hadn't left the universe. After that, he would have to report in and hopefully, get leave for a recharge cycle.

"Mah ga boo ba," Sari said.