It had been a year since they had been married, and today he had received the best news ever: he was going to be a father.
In front of a control panel inside his private chamber, he glanced at the report of the seven stations he was handling as part of the practice his father had assigned him in preparation for his commander role.
He chuckled to himself. His father had been conceived during the Red Stage of the Daimon Gate and had lived his whole life under the pressure of being the best creature in the multiverse. Caedmon had also been conceived during the Red Stage. It was worse for him, however, because on top of his biological and ontological make, he had his father to live up to.
No matter how much his father tried to lessen the pressure, Caedmon always felt it whenever anyone in t
