"Yeah."

"Does the door open there for you?"

"...Haven't tried it."

"Don't. But Imliss could."

"...Why her and not me?"

"You're pregnant and if something goes wrong and you get cut off it's more of a disaster? Not that it would be okay to lose Imliss until targeted dimensional travel is ready, but I take it you would not want to be back in that world alone with a child."

"...Right." Her hand goes unconsciously to her stomach. "Of course."

Hug. "I want our daughter safe."

"Yeah." You're going to be such a great dad.

I can at least not do any more astonishingly irresponsible things.

I should have remembered I wasn't on any kind of birth control. For all you knew I could have been.

You are perfect and have nothing to blame yourself for.

And you're going to be a fantastic parent, she retorts, poking him in the chest.

Kiss.

Kiss! And warm snugly feelings and not thinking about escalating any farther than kiss because her mind is filled with baby baby baby.

It is pretty adorable! Kisses are good. He has forgotten Imliss is in the room.

Imliss has gotten used to this kind of behavior out of the two of them and has shared what she came to share. She leaves.

They cling and kiss.

We should probably move into a suite suitable to raise a child in at some point, she murmurs eventually.

Yeah. Want to do that now, or wait until we're expecting her soon?

I think if I start having any trouble moving around when I'm huge I'd rather already be familiar with my surroundings.

Okay.

So they go downstairs. He carries her. 

"Oh, hi, you two. I think, um, Circle, wanted to talk to you."

"What about?"

"How to tell the engineers about the baby, I think."