It'll probably be harder on you than it is on her. [Daedalus admits apologetically, with a slow sigh that's still measuring, able to think about this critically, even when all of his heart is so tremendously attached.] We still have time to think about when to schedule a Cesarean- I know surgery's a scary option, but still I think that's a far safer recommendation for your body than carrying all the way through term and birthing naturally.

[As for raising her, well... Daedalus is surprisingly calm, surprisingly ready for that, and thrilled at the prospect. How to raise a child for success in Siren's Port might be a lot different than tailoring a child to their raison d'etre in Romdeau, but for Daedalus, that sounds like the very finest sort of adventure to embark upon with Franz. He's thrilled at the idea of sleepless nights and development diaries and fathering. It's the pregnancy, and the potential for complications that keeps him up at night.

He bends until his face is at level with Franz's, and he sounds the desperate kind of sincere that's carried them all the way through this so far.]

I will do everything, everything I can to make sure she's going to be absolutely perfect with us.