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[Lethe is clearly SO PROUD!!! of every single monster there!!!! he's like an excited parent showing off his kids for real]

They're great. Most of them are still growing, but they're already well-behaved. You should stop by the facility someday and see them in person.

[ EMOTIONAL TAIL WAG INTENSIFIES ]

Do you think they'd like me...?

[ One fear: one of nature's perfect creatures doesn't like him ]

[beams!!! yes. love his children. they're so cute and perfect. appreciate how cute they are]

Of course. You have to take their personalities into consideration though. Blacky and Whitey are skittish, so they'd need a lot of coaxing for you to get too close. You can bribe them with food. But others like Blue and Songie are overly friendly; it'd be harder to keep them off of you.

[ Nodnodnod ]

I can do that, no problem! I can't believe I've never heard about them before, you've been holding out...

They don't exactly come up in casual conversation. And I figured it's boring to hear about for most people. If I had my cell phone I could show you pictures of all the kids, including my little ones, but that's a Red quest I'd rather not finish.

It's not boring at all! What other chance would I have had to learn about other worlds like this?

Besides, if it's that important to you, of course I'd be interested.

[weh,,, he is equal parts pleased and flustered]

It feels a little one-sided just bragging about my kids. Especially since they're not all human kids. Some people are particular about that. Why don't you tell me a little bit about your world too?

[ That's.... cute.

No Man's Land though, distinctly uncute. ]

Styx wasn't exaggerating whenever he said most of that's a drag.

Besides, I asked! And why would non-humans be less important?

Some of it sounds nice. You still find places to enjoy yourselves, so it's not all bad.

[gives a shrug and lets the illusions of the monsters slowly fade, one at a time, until just the illusion of the little lion settled around his shoulders remains]

Non-human kids are just as important. Family is family no matter the shape. Not everyone feels the same way, though. It'll be an uphill battle just to get the little ones enrolled in school. --Not the monsters, of course; their intelligence is high, but they can't speak.

[ "Places to enjoy yourselves..." Brief fantasy sequence of how Lethe in a NML saloon would go.

Whew. ]

How'd you end up with human kids, anyway? Doesn't really sound like you were running around siring.

[he'd have a great time in a saloon,]

Siring... I guess I technically gave birth to them. But not like humans have kids.

[ ......?

??

???????

He's thinking SO hard about this ]

... Go on...

[sits there for a second like "does Minuet want me to tell him how (my) babies are made"]

Uhm. I put a mana stone inside of me and then once it gets enough nutrients, a kid appears.

[points to a thin scar right over his heart, and then one on the palm of his hand, and then half-turns to gesture to a scar on his back right behind his heart. there's also an incredibly faint tattoo going down the length of his spine but that's not what he's pointing to]

There are specific requirements that need to be met for a child to be born, though.

[ DID YOU JUST TELL HIM GEMSTONE MPREG BODYMODS ARE A THING????

He's shocked but like, shocked (pos)(excite) ]

And they're human? That doesn't hurt you at all? Are they born as infants or children? What prompted you to try it? Are they biologically related to you?

[surprised by the enthusiasm, he just starts telling facts fall out]

T-they're partially human. Or, at least, I'd like to raise them in a human environment. They can all shift between a beast form and a human form--though the littlest one is struggling with the human form still. It doesn't hurt to do, but my body isn't that strong so it's not advisable to do more than one at a time. All of mine were born as toddlers between three and five years old. I imagine they could come out younger than that too? I haven't exactly had them genetically tested...it's a secret that I have the ability to have kids like that. And I don't want anyone to treat them differently because they think they're not human, you know? But as far as we know they're all biologically related to me. The older two probably have a mix of other people's genes in them too.

[he very carefully did not answer one of those questions and there was a flicker of deliberate avoidance in that. but otherwise, nothing but truth.]

[ He sure didn't but Minuet doesn't pull out a prybar (yet) ]

That's amazing... I've never heard of anything like it.

Is that something any human could do? Or is it... one of your powers?

[shakes his head a little]

It's a power I took from someone else, and also one of my own powers. I learned the method from some bastard's memories and was able to recreate it using my own skills. I doubt it would be possible for anyone else to replicate.

[ Remarkably, he already has enough information to parse almost all of that. Nods. ]

So...

How many kids are you gonna have?

I haven't really thought about it. I already have three, and I'd like to still be able to give Yerim and Yoohyun the attention they need. Plus there's all of the monsters to raise still. There isn't a lot of time for more kids.

[ How do you get as far as three gemstone babies without thinking ab-- ]

Hahaha... well, it's good to know your limits.

[listen,]

There isn't much point in having more if you're not going to raise them properly, right? And we're busy enough as it is; it'll be a few years before things calm down enough to even think about more.

[glances over at him, curious]

Why the curiosity?

What do you mean 'why'?! Wouldn't you wanna know about your friend's kids??

Yeah? But no one else I know has kids. And even then, not everyone is interested in kids.

Well, you're young. Give it some time and a bunch of people will probably have kids.

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