Sequel

As I reread the last chapter I realised what was twitching me about the mention of Whisen.

Rel is that guy. “The” Whisen became the first Whisper, who died for a good long time and then was reborn when the well of souls dried up and was placed into the present world. The first piece of the game was Rel.

As far as I *know* the time about when you start having morning sickness is four to eight weeks in. Mari was actually NOT puking from pregnancy, but from worry. Trust me, when you start having panic attacks and are worried it can manifest as nausea and puking and general all around sick.

Someone also mentioned, several chapters ago, that characters keep saying Rel instead of Lel. Which is completely my mistake. Like the Ashun/Violet thing. I think Una’s called Rel “Rel” when he was introduced as “Lel”

This is a bit short. And was a struggle to write due to a headache that is coming on. So if... say. there's an odd spell. That's why. Like "mistake" up above came out "mystake" and "due" came out "doe" and "why" almost came out "wy"

That kind of oddity. But with any luck, I will update Partners as well tonight.

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“Well then,” Mari said quietly, carefully. “What now?”

“Do you know how to raise a child?” Una asked.

“No,” Mari said in a far off voice.

“Well then. As you are part of my troupe, let me set down the rules for a pregnancy. No smoking. No drinking. You must eat well and not work too hard but at the same time you must exercise. For Sidhe, the less work a mother does, the better, that is not true for the people.”

“I should see Palt.”

“Why?”

“He’s a doctor and-”

“No.”

“But-”

“No. He will want to use electronic things to look inside of you and that will cause deformities. I won’t allow you to do such a thing.”

“Women for over a century have been going to doctors-”

“Males have no god damned place in the birthing room. What do they know about forcing something the size of a child out between a hole that size?” Una snapped.

“The mortality rate of women has-”

“And it has also destroyed evolution,” Rel muttered, “is there any chance Mari would die of the birth?”

“Highly unlikely,” Una responded, “one out of a hundred dies in my troupe from birth. The rate for Sidhe is lower but they have marvellous adaptation skills.”

“One out of… we have it down to one out of a thousand.”

“Mari. In the natural world one out of a hundred is good,” Una responded quietly, “Animals birth better than that, but they haven’t got a huge head to worry about passing. Secondly. You are in my troupe and I say no doctor is shoving his hands or any kind of electronic equipment into you. I will ask the Tahluen for a midwife to come along. It never even occurred to me. Or perhaps those that come with the healer will know midwifery.”

“He doesn’t want electronics near my child, can you believe that?” Mari asked Rel, looking at him for backup.

To which Rel held down the button on his laptop to shut it off and tried to look innocent.

“You agree with him?” She snapped.

“Electronics interfere with power use!” Rel protested, shutting the computer down finally before he closed the laptop, “and. It’s mine and yours and. Logically speaking-”

“Means nothing,” Una responded, “power isn’t guaranteed. Two very powerful parents can have a child with absolutely no power whatsoever. But even if I knew that the two of you would produce a child without power, I would say the same thing. No electronically devices. The longer you are near electronic devices, the worse off we will be.”

“Fine.” Mari snapped out angrily, standing from the table, “have it your way, but not going to the doctor will not prevent me and my unborn child from being subject to electronic devices, as they surround us, in case you hadn’t noticed, in case you don’t fully comprehend what is going on around you.”

She stalked off towards the library as Una looked at Rel. Rel sighed as Mari stepped onto the elevator and the doors closed.

“Going to have to do something about that.” Una muttered.

“What, her attitude?”

“No, she has every right to be upset, I am telling her that what she thinks is healthy for a child is not. About the electronics.”

“The. Electronics.”

“Yes,” Una let out a breath, “the night you went for your… walk… I had Muan shut down the power in the building.”

“Mm, and?”

“What would happen, I wonder, if all of the power in the city went out. Or all of the power in the world. Hm,” Una glanced over at Muan then back to Rel, “the longer the electronics are on, the more danger she and her children are in.”

“The more danger…”

Una stood from the table and sighed, “I need to check on some things, get things ready.”

“What kind of danger.”

“Danger of dieing, what other kind of danger would there be?”

“But.”

“If only someone knew how to shut it all off,” Una sighed out, “The absence of electricity. Imagine what the world could become.”


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