I know this place isn't the ideal set up for the future of the Alternian race. But you at least know that the possibility exists once more. You know there's going to be a chance in the Alpha timeline for you to start over.
not for me exactly but i suppose you are right thats its real and that even i can have it means that she will have a happy ending and for the time that i am on this world i may even be allowed to share in some reflection of that ending this is something i never would have imagined could take place
are you suggesting that i should host a larva shower id probably need to construct some sort of recommended gift list just to set expectations for what is even needed it would be very embarrassing for someone to try giving her baby booties even if they might fit she would need more than two
i suppose that may be an option though uh we may need to wait until shes hatched for sizing and placement ive never actually seen a daughter grub before
im not really sure two feet maybe karkat could probably speak to that better since he actually conducted the ectogenesis but it wouldnt be unreasonable for a daughter grub to be even bigger i mean shell be five times our size when shes fully grown
Strictly speaking, human babies differ in size across the board too. Some are tiny, scrawny things. Other are so big I'm certain at least five alien species have written horror movies based on human birth.
rose you need to be honest about yourselves it wouldnt require a large infant to paint human birth as a horror tale the entire mammalian process of gestation and expulsion is already inherently terrifying you have my deepest sympathies
i think we had the right idea of symbiotically enlisting a wholly separate species to bear the worst of it
not to be presumptuous of course i mean you arent in any way obligated to contribute to the incredibly stressful work of raising her it neednt be your job the way it is mine if you dont want it to be
you made that promise nearly five years ago obviously with that much time and the dramatic change in circumstances the perspective on that promise may also have needed to adapt
[ Which may be true anyway, just not in the way Kanaya means. ]
you only promised to help me become a mother i just dont want you to think i expect you to be her mother also
[ This is entirely too much in just a few days, first she gets the Matriorb and now Rose is committed to being a teen mom. Kanaya doesn't know what to do with this. ]
ill have to think about this im sorry i dont mean to sound ungrateful its just kind of a lot to consider right now
[ Well it isn't even considerable, but Rose coming back into her life in such a big way, she's not sure she's ready. But she definitely wants it, why else would she have gone to Rose about it first? ]
sorry thank you for the offer maybe we can talk about it more at the grub shower
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but here and now
everything is so complicated
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but i suppose you are right
thats its real and that even i can have it means that she will have a happy ending
and for the time that i am on this world i may even be allowed to share in some reflection of that ending
this is something i never would have imagined could take place
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id probably need to construct some sort of recommended gift list
just to set expectations for what is even needed
it would be very embarrassing for someone to try giving her baby booties
even if they might fit she would need more than two
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['''we''']
What about baby bonnets?
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Oh
uh
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well i think they would
maybe
hmm
a bonnet might um
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i feel it might interfere with our
her
her horns
just hers we dont share them
ha ha
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[WE!!!!]
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though uh
we may need to wait until shes hatched for sizing and placement
ive never actually seen a daughter grub before
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I'm not sure how tiny I expect a daughter grub to be? How big do think you were?
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two feet maybe
karkat could probably speak to that better since he actually conducted the ectogenesis
but it wouldnt be unreasonable for a daughter grub to be even bigger
i mean shell be five times our size when shes fully grown
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In any case - a grub shower.
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it wouldnt require a large infant to paint human birth as a horror tale
the entire mammalian process of gestation and expulsion is already inherently terrifying
you have my deepest sympathies
i think we had the right idea of symbiotically enlisting a wholly separate species to bear the worst of it
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1/2
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it neednt be your job the way it is mine
if you dont want it to be
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Kanaya, I promised that I would help you. I intend to keep that promise, no matter what has happened.
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obviously with that much time and the dramatic change in circumstances the perspective on that promise may also have needed to adapt
[ Which may be true anyway, just not in the way Kanaya means. ]
you only promised to help me become a mother
i just
dont want you to think i expect you to be her mother also
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[ This is entirely too much in just a few days, first she gets the Matriorb and now Rose is committed to being a teen mom. Kanaya doesn't know what to do with this. ]
ill have to think about this
im sorry
i dont mean to sound ungrateful
its just kind of a lot to consider right now
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Oh.
Well. Okay then.
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sorry
thank you for the offer
maybe we can talk about it more at the grub shower
Sorry
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