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I told her she must've done her reading. She gave me a shy look and said no -- that she and Mos figuring it out by themselves was part of the fun.”

β€œBut -- I thought you said Laida didn't want children.”

β€œShe didn't want to be pushing out baby after baby on Varada. This child is different.”

β€œWon't it be risky?” Suki asked. β€œWhat does Floran medicine know of novonids?”

β€œWe have good doctors. Novonid physiology isn't so different from human. With a little coaching from Varada, our doctors will do fine. It is a risk Laida is willing to take. Her child will be the first ever free-born novonid.”

β€œNykkyo -- I want another baby.”

β€œYou want another baby? You didn't want the first one.”

β€œI know I didn't. Babies will do that to you. I desperately want to have another baby.” She rubbed the inside of her upper left arm where her state-managed contraceptive capsule was implanted. β€œI know I can't. I know Andra can't, and neither can Senta. Florans are so ... so non-fecund, it's a wonder we don't have negative population growth.”

β€œWe have population stability -- right where the bureaucrats want it.”

β€œIf Laida is the only one of your friends who's pregnant -- well, maybe that's as close as I can come.”

β€œNovonid infants are adorable.”

β€œPlease introduce me to her. I'm the only one of your circle of friends who HAS had a baby. Maybe I can give her some advice.”

β€œMaybe you can. We'll make a point of it.”









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