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By now Brad had entered the tub as well to hold up the completely exhausted Nick from his reclined position. The icy water remained, so part of the baby bwas immersed in the cold - he was using his inherited power to heal himself, but at the same time, as time passed by , that power exhausted and the baby started acting like a normal nerborn, his lips turned blue and his face looked pale, the cold beginning to catch up on him and the new parents reacted quickly, albeit clumsily, to again wrap theri baby up warm after that first meal.

Brad got up to put the baby inhis cradle, pulling it lcose so Nick could still see it - while he worked on relieving the swollen side of his breast that Marcus hadn't fed from, massaging it softly.