If Atem was truthful with himself then children had always been on the board. He just wanted to get through school and figure out himself before he imbued. Sure he supposed he could have imbued a stone and then given it to the cache but he was almost possessive with his family. He had lost a good chunk of them when he was younger. He had also wanted to wait until he had a significant other but lately it had just been his work. Things were kind of static. Leaving all his friends back home hadn’t quite been the adventure he hoped and so there was no significant other. So he was at a bit of a stand still. He did like children; they were bright and creative and filled with a sense of innocence that a lot of people lost as they grew up. He also wanted to see what a child of his might look like. However to imbue was a big step, from that moment on that child would be his life. He could do it and he would love any child of his. So it boiled down to… was it the right time?
Yeah, yeah it was. He was getting tired of coming home to an empty house. He wanted to share his life with someone and if a significant other wasn’t in the cards then it was time to actively pursue an adventure. A child would be a big step and he wanted to do it. He wanted to imbue and bring a life into the world.
