"Infertility?"

"Well, yes, one way or another - we can turn it off, space things out, it's kind of a lengthy process to toggle either way but people do it a few times over the course of their lives. But it's usually motivated infertility. I don't have a ton of brothers and sisters, my mom was a softie."

"That's - good, I guess?"

"Sure."

"...I don't know much about drow, maybe it's not."

"No, I do mean sure, it's better there's not lots.

I have a sister though."

"Is she back with your family?"

"With our grandma and great aunt who household together, yeah."

"Can't take her with you?"

"Underage, they'd've chased us."

"For how long?"

"She's eighty now."

"When do drow come of age?"

"Hundred and ten."

"Once Mahdi's ninth level, maybe -"

"Is she in danger?"

"Less, I think. But we're not in touch."

"You could go down with him disguised and grab her and leave."

"- I think our grandma wants someone to remember our mom by, and one will do, and she'd prefer me."

"Ah. But as long as you're gone -"

"As long as I'm gone, as long as she doesn't look like she's lying when she says she hasn't heard from me."

Nod.

"Who killed your mother?"

"Either grandma or the great-aunt. They'd been pestering her to get married again, she wouldn't do it, kept doing stupid things with her money so she could plead inadequate finances, stalling and stalling. Eventually came to an open screaming match. I don't know which one of them did it."