Private Finished Two Old Soldiers

It wasn't the Ancient Forest, but this park wasn't a bad place to stretch your feet and mind. In the woods by her house Fehr ran and flew in her other form, but it was more efficient for her and the people around her if she ran in her human form in the park. Even now Fehr was running in her still quite new running gear, sneakers and a jacket, with long ponytail swinging behind her. In her old dimension Fehr had ran in full armour and weapons, so this kind of running with just clothing and even that lighter than normal felt too easy.
Maybe Fehr should get some weight to strap on her arms and legs for this.
But automatically she glanced at her stomach, would that really be healthy for the child? Fehr still had a lot to learn about pregnancy, she had been very busy to really immerse herself in it. The pregnancy was still in such early stages it didn't interfere in her life aside from morning sickness. But when she would really begin to show it'd be anybody's guess.
Fehr decided to dedicate the whole next weekend for pregnancy research.

Fehr did a quick sprint, around 50mph for around 30 metres, and then stopped by a group of benches. She pulled out a water bottle from her belt and took a long sip, these bottles were really a big improvement compared to the leaky leather bags they'd had in her old dimension.
Fehr put the bottle back on her belt and tried stretching by reaching to her toes, only to notice her stomach was very much in the way. Fehr frowned slightly in annoyance, if her baby bump was already being in the way she knew she'd be extremely irritated by it when it's grow almost five times as large.
"You're going to drive me crazy."
Fehr murmured towards her stomach, and immediately felt ridiculous. The child couldn't hear any words yet, it was meaningless to talk to it. Or was it? Maybe it could hear sounds and that would help it develop. This was why Fehr needed to study.
But for now Fehr sat down on the nearest bench and took a moment to look around. Which meant basically just sitting there and not move her head, Fehr's field of vision was so large she could see on almost every side.

Fehralyn had noticed his presence, but where as he enjoyed people watching she enjoyed watching everything else. The sky, the nature and the life energy flow, that was constant in the world around her. She saw the big picture, and thus details sometimes got lost to her when she let them. So when Masami spoke directly to her Fehr actually turned her head to look at him despite not needing to. She remembered him, from the community center. The man with...melancholic views on his identity and purpose. The one Fehr had wanted to have a debate with based on that. Naturally she had withdrawn from saying anything, it would've been highly inappropriate and she didn't know his detailed history and beliefs.
Fehr had heard what he had said just now, and she could tell it was a joke. Fehr smiled slightly and sighed through her nose, glancing down at her stomach again.
"It's going to be a challenge, I'm sure. But I've never backed down from challenges before. Although I'm also sure this will be my greatest one yet."
Fehr's tone was light, she made it clear she wasn't offended.

Winged unicorns really seemed to rare in this world as well, Fehr had asked around but hadn't heard of any yet, not even any communities in any parts of the world. She was sure they existed, they just kept to themselves.
"Yes, that is me. And you said you were Masami, the sword with will."
Fehr looked at the birds he was feeding, their life energy was slightly dimmed due to the approaching winter, but every time they ate some bread the energy pulsed once like a heartbeat.
"These birds are grateful, that you feed them."
Fehr said to Masami, when she heard what the birds were saying.

Fehr accepted Masami's offer to sit on the bench with him, and she moved over and next to him. She appreciated him calling her a soldier, though Fehr had left that life behind.
"I appreciate the advice. I'm unaccustomed to such light exercise, and if I do not exercise I can get quite tense and restless."
Fehr whistled a bit at one of the few birds that were still loitering around, asking it to come over. The bird hopped on Fehr's knee and she gently stroke it's feathers with one finger.

"If the options are taking care of my child or abandoning them then I'll certainly face that challenge."
Fehr looked over at the thermos and she shook her head slightly.
"I must decline, my stomach is extremely sensitive and if that tea isn't entirely organic it will most probably give me a food poisoning. If I could eat or drink something in this situation it'd be those seeds."
Fehr referred to the seeds Masami was feeding the birds and chuckled, when the bird on her knee chirped excitedly at the mention of seeds.

Fehr usually carried with her her own tea bags, that she was sure were completely organic and natural and wouldn't hurt her stomach. Surprisingly many teas had a lot of ingredients in them that gave Fehr stomach pain. This was why Fehr had decided to start growing her own tea in a greenhouse. She had a bit of a green thumb.

"Really? Then may I have some?"
Fehr asked, reaching out her cupper hand for Masami to pour some seeds in. If he did Fehr would send him a small smile and pretend to raise her hand, as if to put the seeds in her mouth. But instead she held the hand by her shoulder, and soon two birds flew over to sit on Fehr's shoulder and eat the seeds. Fehr chuckled a little, she usually wasn't much of a joker but now and then she tried. The bird on her knee hopped onto her wrist and also ate the seeds.

"Retirement. I had not thought about it that way, but I suppose that's how it is."
Fehr answered thoughtfully, she had been forced into this retirement, after all, via execution so she had thought of it more as banishment. Banishment she was happy about.
"I'm holding up quite well, taken my situation. Getting accustomed to peace was the hard part, I suppose."
Fehr took some seeds from her hand and threw them on the ground, attracting few more birds.
"I see you are enjoying your retirement to some extent as well, feeding birds."

Well, even if her joke had not gone through at least the man cracked a smile. The two birds on Fehr's shoulder jumped onto her hand and now she had three birds eating from the palm of her hand. Quite literally.
Masami's comment came out of nowhere, and Fehr couldn't say she disagreed.
"They are. Birds have better things to do than judge, they are too busy to try and stay alive. And the same goes for people, under life-threatning situation they are all just people."

Fehr bend down, which was slightly harder now with her stomach, and set the seeds on the ground. She dusted her hands a bit, they were getting bit cold, and listened to Masami's words. He lived a simple life. Fehr would probably have done so as well if she wasn't always challenging herself to do better and be better, she would never let herself life a life where she just got by. It was both a blessing and a curse, the way Fehr was.
"When you say your particular skills, you mean your skills on combat?"