"Seriously?" Sasan asked, as he handed over Ginny. He hardly had a choice- it was amazing how strong this little one had gotten in such a short time. She was getting very adept at squirming. "Is the toast dangerous? And don't even give me that look. If the bread's walking around, I don't know what else it might do, right?"

Sasan had really gotten himself worked up by the time he left, muttering about how he didn't know why anyone would even want to use an alien toaster. As sad as he was (and always seemed to be) to give Ginny up, he did like this part of his job. So even while he complained, he had a spring in his step.

He had nothing on Gabriel, though, who looked downright joyous as he returned from his mission to find his bondmate and daughter waiting for him. "Hi, sweetheart!" he said, placing an oddly-shaped wooden box he'd been carrying with him on the closest table-like surface he could find and immediately wrapping both Ginny and Jack in a hug. He kissed Ginny's forehead tenderly, and nuzzled his face against Jack's throat in greeting. "How've you both been? We got in when we were supposed to, didn't we? We got the Switcher just fine. No problems."