[ yeah! unfortunately, that's the part of this that makes the most sense!!! sometimes you just have to deal with the soul crushing trauma of that kind of a birth. it's fine. we support women's wrongs and poor coping

anyway. he nods. ]

I see what you mean. You guys aren't very affectionate, in the Ninth, I'm guessing? The first time I reached out and gave Gideon a hug, she stiffened up like a board.