She looks over at Bella and smiles, then looks at the sky again, thoughtful.
"I do sometimes wish there'd been more kids I could bring. Not because of anything specific, really, just because if we had twice as many monarchs and they were as good at the job as we are, we could be getting things done faster."
Pause.
"And... I'm slightly conflicted about whether or not I wish we had any Sons of Adam along. Because I'm definitely very happy about this kissing thing we're doing, but there is a traditional way monarchs make more monarchs and it seems unlikely that we'll manage it by ourselves. I mean, maybe one year we'll get immortality for Christmas and make the question of heirs academic, but we haven't yet. And I know it's kind of early for that sort of thing to be on my mind, but that's just the kind of person I am, I guess."
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"I do sometimes wish there'd been more kids I could bring. Not because of anything specific, really, just because if we had twice as many monarchs and they were as good at the job as we are, we could be getting things done faster."
Pause.
"And... I'm slightly conflicted about whether or not I wish we had any Sons of Adam along. Because I'm definitely very happy about this kissing thing we're doing, but there is a traditional way monarchs make more monarchs and it seems unlikely that we'll manage it by ourselves. I mean, maybe one year we'll get immortality for Christmas and make the question of heirs academic, but we haven't yet. And I know it's kind of early for that sort of thing to be on my mind, but that's just the kind of person I am, I guess."