A baby's cry wailed out.
Among the 370,000+ babies born per day worldwide, Ansel's firstborn son was included in January 15th's birth count. Born in Berlin, Germany—on home soil—and pushed out of the womb with raw, fierce strength from his mother, whose face was weathered with fatigue, veins, and pain, yet also expressed indomitability and resilience.
Luca received the glorious news through the same family relations he had been using as a channel to Laura and the unborn child all this while.
He found himself trying to suppress his smile as if it was his own child who had just been born. Excitement and warmth wrapped around him like a cocoon, but he would have to stifle it all and wait. There were still a few rigorous things he needed to complete related to his return to Trampos, and he was currently carrying them out.
