"I suppose there's that to consider, too... especially a half-blood." Regardless of if said half-blood came from what is technically still the royal line. "Besides... I know no parent who wants to have to bury their child."

But maybe... no, no, that's something he could get from Hythlodaeus. No point in trying to worm her way into a spot like that, when one of them will still eventually have to say goodbye to the other. But life is like that nowadays, isn't it? An eventuality all mortal people prepare for, and one he clearly never wanted to have to face.

She sighs, burying her face so he can't see it. "Maybe if all this Hydaelyn and Zodiark stuff ever ends... maybe then I can try. Not sure who I'd even run to, though. And after having you for all this time... I don't know that I even want to anymore."