Needless to say, his hope for that died down pretty quickly when Kasmai admitted she was having trouble breathing. Of course, he felt bad. What he did to this poor woman was causing her to have trouble breathing. And then she would have to give birth to it. And raise it. Whatever it was.
Alister took a sip from his drink, glancing out a nearby window into the City streets. He supposed he should have known better than doing anything like what he did in the bushes with a strange woman he had never actually meant before, but he was pretty sure he was not thinking at all that night. To be honest, he didn't entirely remember his trip back home after the event, other than the fact that he did take it.
"That's fair," tried Alister, attempting to be casual despite the swirling thoughts in his brain. Sometimes he regretted having intelligence in his family. "So long as I get to have some of that wine you guys are so famous for."
He'd need plenty.
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