[Oh right!] System said. [Forgot to mention—time dilation between worlds works BOTH ways. You were gone for 24 hours Earth-time, which translates to approximately 4 years Beast World time.]
"FOUR YEARS?!"
Alex's shout echoed through the apartment, making Sally jump and nearly drop her backpack.
[Well, 48 months, but who's counting?]
"I'M COUNTING!" Alex stared through the portal at his children—his BABIES—who were now... not babies. "They're not infants anymore! They're—they're—"
"Toddlers?" Sally offered, peering through the portal with wide eyes. "No wait, they're huge. Are those TEENAGERS? Your snake babies are TEENAGERS?!"
[More like pre-adolescent! Beast World aging works differently anyway. Snakelings mature faster than humans. Combined with the time dilation, your three-month-olds are now roughly equivalent to 4-year-old human children. Physically bigger, still young mentally, but WAY more mobile and capable.]
