Her cheeks flushed a little, and she looked for some way to reassure him, to let him know it would be okay, on some level. He'd shared a little of his past. Maybe she should, as well.
"I know I don't really...look built for childbearing..." Narrower hips, and all. "But..." Her gaze fell, and she started playing with his other hand against her stomach.
"I've done this before. I was...fine. The doctors said it went smoothly, and she..." Her words faltered a little bit. "She was like us, and her ability...I don't know when it manifested, but it's a very volatile one."
It wasn't exactly the same. Samuel's mother might have had an easy time of it with Joseph. Or maybe the fact that she'd had a child with a volatile ability already with a non-special actually might add to his worries. That hadn't occurred to her before she spoke, and it cut the words off in her throat that she'd been planning to go on toward, leaving her tense against him, not daring a risk at his face.
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Date: 2010-10-12 07:53 pm (UTC)"I know I don't really...look built for childbearing..." Narrower hips, and all. "But..." Her gaze fell, and she started playing with his other hand against her stomach.
"I've done this before. I was...fine. The doctors said it went smoothly, and she..." Her words faltered a little bit. "She was like us, and her ability...I don't know when it manifested, but it's a very volatile one."
It wasn't exactly the same. Samuel's mother might have had an easy time of it with Joseph. Or maybe the fact that she'd had a child with a volatile ability already with a non-special actually might add to his worries. That hadn't occurred to her before she spoke, and it cut the words off in her throat that she'd been planning to go on toward, leaving her tense against him, not daring a risk at his face.