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[lumberlady]

please excuse text.

i have question.

about egg children from before. some number of other people were having also, yes?

possible other people is happy because of feeling relief for no breeding or possible we become used to crazy happening in LUNATIA and so now there be no more shock... and no more need for question? i no know.

but i want know. people having more education and mind than i have answer? people who know magic? doctor things?

was flower child ever real child?

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[passio]

[ the use of the word joke gives him a little perspective. ]

I don’t think it was ever real. Some people were able to create eggs that wouldn’t normally be able to. Whatever was happening to our bodies, I think it might have been like hens laying without a rooster.

[lumberlady]

so we are become like chicken?

just body make egg with no father, only nature?

[passio]

Only temporarily. Probably. I haven’t had any difficulties with eggs since then.

[lumberlady]

is you thinking we will make egg again? i no know dragon breeding season, only JINBA season, but if MOONBLESSED is making egg when dragon is making egg...

[passio]

[ dextera does not know what a jinba is, but based on what she’s said so far, it would seem it’s her species. he wonders if they normally lay eggs, or if it’s more of a live birth kind of a deal… but that feels strange to wonder about a stranger. ]

I don’t know if we’ll make eggs again. This world is constantly changing, and our biologies are changing to match it. I wouldn’t be surprised if one day, we all found ourselves capable of carrying native Prismal children.

[lumberlady]

BIOLOGY is changing mean... moon times?

or is changing in daily times?

[passio]

Hopefully just “moon times.”

[lumberlady]

but if is just changing moon times...

is not long enough for natural children? i require almost four season... human require three? yes?

[passio]

Oh. I’m not sure. Besides the one under the moons, the only birth I’ve ever helped with was instantaneous. I’ve never learned about how reproduction works otherwise.

[ …he realizes, though, this is not helpful. ]

But the Lunar Scientia is making strides all the time with their understanding of the Moonblessed. Maybe it’s different here.

[lumberlady]

INSTANTANEOUS meaning one moment??? one second?!

[passio]

[ yeah okay he can see how that would sound ]

Yes. But it was divine.

[lumberlady]

you midwife for divine child of gods?

[passio]

[ dextera has let this conversation get out of hand… but he can’t also just change the subject now. ]

“Child” isn’t exactly right. They were eggs, too. That’s what she called them.

I suppose you could call me the midwife anyway.

[lumberlady]

[she can't just not ask about that...]

you 's world gods has egg childs? but inside was real child? not flower?

[passio]

[ give him a moment to parse this… yeah, okay. ]

It’s a little complicated. It might be more abstract than I realized. I’m sorry.

[lumberlady]

[abstract... !]

is fine... i apologize. is difficult to talk this way? i is still in learning. can change to VOICE SETTING...

[passio]

I don’t mind. Is voice easier for you?

[ for the most part, even people who aren’t good with text can usually communicate verbally… but maybe she has her reasons for wanting to stick to text. ]

[lumberlady]

normal i use VIDEO SETTING

now just

is sad. and asking sad question

so i use TEXT.

next time i and you speak i use VIDEO SETTING, alright?

[passio]

[ it is a sad question. dextera doesn’t know if he should regret distracting her from her sadness with his own absurd world, or if she appreciates the confusion. ]

All right. Maybe I can explain it better with gestures.

But it’s OK to be sad. Even the most generous worlds can be cruel in their own ways.

[lumberlady]

please tell me story next time.

i is interested for hear.

i feel no shame for sadness. but need to be bright, like sun. because i is not only sad person.

so i will be bright soon!