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

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

[ ......?

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???????

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.

Mm...It would be nice to have some playmates for the kids. I really don't think most of the people I know will have kids anytime soon, though.

You're just gonna have to find some dads to be friends with, then!! Then you can all hang out doing dad stuff.

[tries to picture it

comes up empty]

We'll see how it goes. We're still traveling around a lot, so it'll have to wait until we're settled back in Korea regardless.

--Wait, you're trying to save the whole world while raising three human kids and a dozen furry kids.

[ COMICALLY HORRIFIED. IMPRESSED. VERY VERY CONCERNED. ]

You make it sound busier than it actually is. Raising furry kids is my job, and it's directly tied to saving the world. And the only kid that's independently acting on his own so far is the oldest; the other two still sleep most of the time.

--Is that... normal? Are they okay?

It's normal. They're doing fine. They don't completely separate from me until I give them their names, so until then they sleep a lot. The middle child, Seol, requested I not give him his name until after we've taken care of some business. And he's really attached to his youngest sibling, so they're staying together until then.

[ Palpably relaxes ]

They should have birthdays and naming days, in that case.

Should I do both? I thought just one birthday would be good.

One is a celebration of birth and one is a celebration of independence!

I'll figure out how to throw the name day ones.

[ Because he's just making shit up and nobody can stop him ]

[starts counting on his fingers]

Six parties for the kids, plus Yerim's birthday, plus Yoohyun's birthday, and I should do something for the rest of the household... I'll need your help with that, or I'm going to end up needing to make a dozen cakes a year.

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