You have a rule that you yourself will never have children, because one viviparous child of your own would incur the jealously of all the vitroparous children you already have.You have a rule that you yourself will never have children, because one viviparous child of your own would incur the jealously of all the vitroparous children you already have. Never mind that I think we're all a little more mature than that. But I think you can be a stepfather; I think the years have mellowed you to at least that point, Ken, and I want you to admit it to yourself. Promise me that you will speak with P'nyssa tomorrow." I thought about it. It was a big change. I knew for fact that P'nyssa had TNP in her blood and couldn't get pregnant without a counter-programmed TNP-CF injection. But I could get my hands on that stuff with little or no problem. I wandered back to the portal down to the bedroom. I was actually feeling tired. "Okay, Dave, I promise. Goodnight, please?" "Goodnight, Ken." The field dropped. I leapt into the portal and fell slowly down the hole into my bedroom. P'nyssa stirred a little as I pulled the covers over myself and went to sleep. The next day I arose well before P'nyssa, who was still a touch warm, and walked out of my domicile into the castle hallway. |