The baby also starts crying, not silently. Hagan gives him back.

Hug snuggle hug. Maybe he's still hungry. They can work on this figuring out breastfeeding thing together.

There is a wet nurse on hand if she gets tired of it or doesn't have much milk yet, she might not.

Okay.

She's gonna try a little longer, though. Supposed to try for a while. So your body learns what's going to be expected of it.

He can't think of anything more to say but he stays.

That's okay.

Eventually she can give up for a while and hand the baby to the wet nurse.

"We're gonna be okay."

"Probably."

"- yeah, fair. Probably. But probably's a lot better than probably not.

Thank you. I - no one should ever have asked this of another person. But I did, and you did, and now we're not going to get conquered by Cheliax, so that's something."

Nodnod.

He is out of things to say again.

She thinks about whether she should argue what their percent chance of being okay is, but eventually she decides that it's okay to consider them to have made it through okay even if the only thing they do is prevent a war. And probably they can prevent a war. 

"S'gonna be a while before he can do much of anything."

"Yeah but - people will stop saying maybe I'm infertile, people will stop saying there won't be any heirs -"

"I guess.

"Were they saying that? Already?"

"Dunno. People kept bringing it up. Maybe outside the palace not so much yet, I don't know."

Nod.

"...are there not any others? Ones not born yet?"

"....no. Just you, it's only ever been you."

"Oh.

"I thought you were...?"

"I - tried. It turns out - if I don't love someone - if they're not you -"

"Oh.

"So - there won't be any others from - other people - "

"No. I thought I told you that - that I needed you - that the world did -"

"I guess I figured it was just very urgent that you have somebody. Since you couldn't wait for - two weeks, so - "

" - I mean, I could've waited as long as you needed if there'd been five other babies in progress. Or even one. But - there wasn't. I tried. I knew this was painful for you so I figured I had to try until it was at least that painful for me except that doesn't work because if I am in excruciating pain I can't get a woman with child in that state."

"That makes sense. I guess. Just hadn't -

"There really won't be any others?"

" - I think we could get him back if he died today? True Resurrection doesn't always work on stillborn babies but I think if they ever breathed it always works. So - no others."