Anna snorted. "Just feeling motherly," she muttered, almost embarrassed as she looked off to the side. "Probably 'cause you're pregnant and we're close."

"Well, when the baby's born, you can help out with it as much as you like," Iris replied. She smiled a bit. "Simple solution."

Anna's answer, however, made the gears in Ezio's head turn a bit. Now he was definitely going to wait until after the child was born to ask her about it, to see if Anna's 'motherly' feelings changed then.

"True." Anna smiled a little. "Well, we'll see how things go." She stretched and pushed her plate away. "Alright, I've got trainees waiting to be run into the ground. I should get going."

"Good luck with that," Iris said. She grinned. "Let them trip themselves this time," she teased. "Make 'em prove they don't need your help."

Anna snorted. "They don't need my help with that," she said with a grin. "But if I don't herd them, they get lazy and take shortcuts and try to cheat."

Iris snickered.

"Which is exactly what they need to be broken of," she said. "I wish you luck with that one."

Anna heaved a sigh. "Thanks. I'll need it." She ruffled Iris's hair playfully, dropped a quick kiss on Ezio's cheek, and left to go run people into the ground again.

Ezio got up, as well. He had trainees to torment, too, until he got to switch with Anna later. He nodded to Altair as he left.

Altair returned the gesture before returning his attention to Iris. She still looked happy, and he smiled faintly.

"Still pleased?"

"Yeah," Iris said. She put a hand on her belly gently. "I'm looking forward to having the baby, now." She looked at him. "What about you?"

Altair nodded. "I admit I am... anticipating when the little one is born." He couldn't help but smile a little.

"Meaning you're looking forward to it, too," Iris translated. She moved a little closer to him in her seat, and leaned over a bit to give him a kiss.

Altair let her, returning it briefly before he shifted and kissed her cheek instead. "That's right."

"I'm glad." Iris basked in the attention for a few more moments before stretching a little. "And now I'm betting it's about time for you to go back to training the Italians into the ground, hm?"

"Probably." Altair didn't get up immediately, though. He rather liked just sort of sitting around with Iris for a few minutes extra. It's not like the Italians would protest him being late or anything.

"I would offer to help with climbing practice," Iris said, "but I know you'll say no." With good reason, she would admit, but she could still climb for now.

"Perhaps you can demonstrate for them," Altair conceded. "They are more fond of you than they are of me." Which was understandable, given the circumstances.

"You intimidate them," Iris pointed out. "The big scary Master." She grinned a bit, teasingly, and kissed his cheek.

Altair snorted but didn't contradict her, instead settling an arm around her. "While true, I believe they will take a demonstration from you better than from me."

"Why, because if a pregnant woman can do it, it can't be that hard?" Iris joked as she cuddled into his side a bit. "We'll see what happens."

Altair snorted and held her there, quite content with that for the time being.

Iris was more than willing to sit there with him for a while, but she reluctantly got up after a moment or so.

"We shouldn't keep your trainees waiting," she said. "No telling what they might get themselves into unsupervised."

"They should know better by now." But Altair had to admit she was right, so he released her after a few more moments and got up. Time to get back to work.

Iris squeezed one of his hands gently before letting it go and standing up as well. She walked with him back to the training grounds, and sat down to watch as he started the 'lessons.'

Altair worked them for a while before he motioned Iris over. She could show them how to climb; that much he knew she could do, and he trusted her to not get hurt doing it.