The three men fell silent, each lost in their own thoughts. The weight of what they were building, not just a nursery, but a future hung in the dusty air between them.
"The boys will need more space," Ivan said finally, his voice softer than usual. "They'll be bigger."
Thane snorted. "And how do you know they'll be bigger? What if the girls are the warriors?"
"Because I know," Ivan said simply. There was no arguing with that tone.
Lucan shook his head, returning to his work. "We'll make it equal and fair. That's what matters."
As the day wore on, the arguments continued about wall height, about storage solutions, about the best way to soundproof the room without making it feel like a prison. But beneath the bickering was a shared purpose that bound them together tighter than any nail or screw.
