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“True enough,” Aashi agreed with a nod. “Resident child expert.”

Okie dokie Synakrein has been introduced! Commence the internal conflict about whether to call him Esmond or Synakrein xD

Esmond Synakrein Today was getting tiresome. There were only so many times you could yell at your college-aged employees to get off their phones and actually work, and so many ...

"Yes ma'am." Ky nodded. "Thank you. That's a very kind offer." She hesitated, then, it very stressful to the ribs?"

Aashi shrugged again. "I don't know. You have a larger sample size than me. I only have the one." She hesitated, laying a hand over her abdomen and smiling. "Two, ...

"That's... very kind of you, ma'am..." Ky managed, blushing and sipping on her tea to avoid having to give a solid answer. Hopefully Lady Constance would just forget about this ...

"Really?" Ky asked curiously. "I thought all babies were." She glanced at Aashi. She shrugged. "Tasia definitely was."

"You're..." Important. She hesitated, taking a deep breath, brow furrowed in perplexion. "Don't you... I wouldn't want to... waste your time. That..." Was absurd, for a noble to take such ...

Ky blinked at her, stunned by the offer. "...Y-you?"

Ky grinned at that. "They get over that eventually, or so I'm told."

Ahah it was fun though! Like, severe sleep deprivation, yes. 100% can't deny that hahah but we pulled off a small miracle ngl. Like we had a ~ v a ...

"They seem to," Ky mused with a little smile.

"...Yes, ma'am." She dipped her head, feeling the irony of the situation. Her complying with Lady Constance's instructions to not be compliant. But. Well. She did need to be compliant. ...

Ky nodded, the 'one day...' making her feel icky. She didn't at all want to think about Gaius producing an accident of a child. That was... ew. "Well... you're good ...

"Everyone." She shrugged, tracing the rim of her mug with her finger. "Everyone is much happier when I'm compliant."