#dinofam

When Zero Two is pregnant, her horns grow slower because her body is re-routing nutrients to the baby

By the time she has the triplets, she and Hiro are able to use it as a symptom when she doesn't have to file her horns for awhile

When they practically stop growing all together and she’s able to figure out that she’s having triplets

On the flip side, Hiro’s horns start growing longer and faster as a part of a innate protective instinct. No matter what he does, he can’t file them down to a reasonable length since they grow back almost immediately

Between his height and the length of his horns, he ends up bumping them on door frames...a lot.

One time, Zero Two called for him very frantically, and in his rush to get to her, he slammed into the door frame and fell flat on his back

(she was fine, she had just bet Ichigo that she could get him to fall over)

Horn touching is a really big thing in the family. It’s very similar to the way a family would hug or kiss each other, but in some ways it’s more intimate than that

Like in ep 22, touching horns can transfer memories and sensations between them, so touching them let’s the family convey emotions that are too difficult to explain with words

Just...this one

Hiro and Zero Two have a piece of each other’s horns in their wedding bands, which is a tradition they pass down to their children

General Things

The children are intensely protective of each other. You mess with one of them, you have to deal with all of them. God help you if they get their parents involved

Not all of them are troublemakers, but they all share their mother’s talent for causing chaos if they so choose, as well as their father’s sheer creativity when it comes to problem solving

It’s incredibly hard to miss them when any of them are around. Mostly because you’ll start to notice some red and blue twinkles in the corner of your eye

Hiro and Zero Two affectionately refer to them as The Flock (because dinosaurs and birds), and because of Zorome, it’s a name that pretty quickly gets spread around to others

FYI all of their ages are based on how old they would be as of the 10 year skip

Hitotsume (Age 12)

As talked about here, Hitotsume is the Klaxosaur Princess reborn

When she’s younger, she’s very shy and quiet and generally clings to Hiro or Zero Two when around other people, especially people she doesn’t know

As she gets older, her shyness becomes a quiet, unshakable strength to help and protect everyone she cares about

In addition to her own siblings, she also becomes the unofficial older sister to all of the children from Squad 13

Jian (f) and Xian (f) (Age 6)

The first born children to Hiro and Zero Two, born about a year after they return.

They are completely identical (pale pink hair like when Zero Two was a child with Hiro’s eyes and facial structure) except for their horns; Jian has red horns and Xian has blue horns

They are without a doubt the biggest troublemakers in the family. If there’s some kind of mischief, you can rest assured that they’re involved 

Hayato (m) and Sora (m) (Age 5)

Hayato and Sora are much calmer than their older sisters, but are also the smartest in the entire family

They are fraternal twins. Hayato has black hair with red horns while Sora has pink hair with blue horns, and are otherwise just blends of their parents

They’re more scientifically inclined, so they spend a lot of time with Ikuno and Naomi, and eventually become Ikuno’s assistants

Umi (f), Kaito (m), and Aoi (m) (Age 3)

The three of them take after Hiro a lot, but with Zero Two accenting it with their hair being lighter than Hiro’s black, being almost blue

All three of them have blue horns

Their names are water themed because of their blue horns and how Zero Two always compared piloting with Hiro to being submerged in an ocean

Since they were born at around the same time, the triplets spent nearly all of their time with Mitsuru and Kokoro’s youngest, to the point that they thought she was their weird hornless sister

Doesn’t stop them from treating her like a sister anyway

They frequently get wrapped up in Jian and Xian’s schemes, and are more than happy to since they’re the fun older siblings

Tsubasa (f) (Age 1)

The youngest in the family, Tsubasa looks almost exactly like her father with her black hair and blue eyes and horns

All of her siblings dote on her, but Hitotsume is her favorite sister and most frequent babysitter

Like Hitotsume was, she’s a shy child and can get nervous around new people, but around the people she knows, she can be very bubbly and happy

As mentioned here, all of the kids eventually are given a piece of jewelry that has a piece of Hiro and Zero Two’s horns, as well as a piece of their own horns as the main setting (all of them handcrafted by Mitsuru). The jewelry is made to represent the fact that no matter how far or long they’re separated, they will always be a part of each other’s lives and they will always find each other again

Hitotsume - Circlet made of a black metal with the horn pieces set on the sides of her horn

Jian and Xian - Hair clips shaped like wings

Hayato and Sora -  A pair of matching earrings  

Umi, Kaito and Aoi - Cuff bracelets with the horn pieces carved into a droplet