"Do you mean do the babies kick perceptibly in the egg? Yeah. The shells are tough enough to take it."

"Oh, good. It'd be sad if people with medical conditions or what have you didn't get to be kicked."

"It's kind of sad that men don't get to be pregnant. I'd rather have a baby than get kicked." 

"I will endure not being pregnant, I will just insist on putting my face on your midsection on a regular basis while you are." Smooch.

Smooch! "I have no objections whatever." 

"You guys are cute."

"Thank you!"

"Wait 'till next spring, then you'll see cute."

"Cuuuuuute."

"Very cute. I am definitely keeping an eye out for one of you. Maybe there'll be a coincidence."

"I hear alts don't all look alike, and I'm not sure what else'd hold across worlds about me, but maybe!"

"I think if I see something else that comes from a similar place as the baby picture thing I will recognize it."

"She just makes such a great face," he beams.

"I'm a fan," Amila agrees, finally wandering over from her conversation with her alt. "Incidentally, bringing a preindustrial me up to speed on the artistic implications of modern technology is fun."

"How preindustrial are we talking, here, like Beach or like Hazel or somewhere in between?"

"Mmmmore like Hazel than Beach I would say, although somewhere in-between--and, like, all over the map in terms of what they can actually do, on account of all the species magic. Their agricultural bioengineering is way ahead of ours on account of they've got people who do magic with plants, and--has she explained elf magic to you yet?" she gestures at Aduva. "I don't know if their people genetics could be considered to be ahead of ours or behind, it's way different, but it's good."

"Elf magic has been summarized. What kind of fun agriculture have they got?"

"I haven't actually talked to the plant magic guy that came with them much but apparently they think trees that grow nutritionally complete fruits the size of your head are no big deal."

"...wow. Do they also taste great and make good shelf-stable preserves?"

"I don't see why not! Magic!"

"I don't think there are any that don't taste great to somebody but tastes vary and some of them are tailored to more niche interests."

"One's very own personal fruit cultivar. I love it. The multiverse is full of wonders."

"I'm a fan! Personally I will take resurrection over custom fruit any day but it's nice to not have to choose."

"Resurrection I already knew about, one day I want to get my grandmother."

"Network effects!" she says brightly. "She can go on the list after Mama."