#kid asks

Babe, I'm turning 31 next month and my boyfriend is turning 39. The vast majority of my friends are closer to his age than mine, and the vast majority also:

A) Already have kids

B) Are currently expecting kids

C) Are actively trying to have kids

If anything, my friends having kids has only made me realize that nope, I do not actually want any kids myself and my mind is absolutely not going to change about that.

Please stop trying to shove your expectations of what a grown-ass adult should or should not do with their own body and their own life down somebody else's throat. If somebody tells you they don't want kids, they are most definitely not inviting you to challenge them on it.

10. who spoils their children the most? who finds it difficult telling their children ‘no’?

I feel like both Lei and Eskel have a tendency to spoil the twins, though Lei maybe has a harder time saying ‘no’, especially at first. I’m pretty sure she’s the reason Niels has a Jackal pup.

16. have they ever scared their parents?

Very likely yes?? Knowing Disa, she’s probably tried to ride Striker or Shifter without either Lei or Eskel being there to assist - and while neither Mount would ever do anything to purposely hurt her, they are animals, and they are used to Leilani. There were probably quite a few concerns vented when the attempts were discovered.

19. what is their favorite thing to do with their parents? any favorite games or mutual hobbies?

I know we’ve said the twins are a fan of Lei’s stories from the beginning, so I can picture them all gathering together at night, listening to her tales of the Pact as they drift slowly off to sleep.

Also, she would likely start training them how to properly ride the Mounts, in preparation for if they ever acquire any of their own.

Hi Yes you asked for my BABY??! Ima tell you, I was ABSURDLY happy to get this ask. 

Who’s to say this didn’t already happen? With the exception of the flashbacks I have planned out, what happened in the 200 year time skip is completely up to the reader. Do you want MC to have flown a plane cross country? Then they did that. Do you want MC to have become a spy in the Civil War? They probably wouldn’t have been great at it due to the memory loss, but hey why not? I’m just saying, you can have the 200 year interim be as uneventful or as thrilling as you imagine it to have been. With as much angst or fluff as you want. Anyway, onto the ask:

Well first off, as soon as the witch found out, MCs memory is getting wiped. She doesn’t want to know who the other parent is (Though in some cases she’d have a pretty good idea coughcough M or L coughcough) and she especially doesn’t want MC to remember who the other parent is. The witch is… surprisingly very kind while Mc is carrying the baby, she treats them well, not over working them, allowing them freedoms she wouldn’t normally, and making sure they’re eating properly. The witch grew up with a lot siblings, she remembers how to care for those that are pregnant. And maybe the nostagia of it all brings out the softer side of her.

That softness ends once the baby is born. The witch wipes MCs memory pretty immediately and whisks the baby away. The witch had quite a bit of time to determine what to do with the child. Briefly, she even considered keeping it and raising it as her own, but determined there was too high a risk of it going wrong (especially if L or M were the other parent). She also thought about killing the child as a lesson, but found she couldn’t bring herself to do such a thing. The child was afterall, an innocent. So instead the Witch kept an eye out for young childless couples that seemed kind, and when the time came, she left the baby on the doorstep with a handmade blanket and a note telling them the name Mc gave it.

Hi anon!

I just don't. Nothing about parenthood appeals to me. When people talk about the wonders of feeling a child grow inside of you, of childbirth, of having your own child, or adopting a child into your family, I can appreciate, support and feel happy for them for feeling that way, and for wanting that life. But I personally don't want any of that for myself.

I love being an aunt, and I love the kids that I do have in my life as is, and I will love the future kids that will come into it from others. But it's just not something I personally want — nor is it something my boyfriend, who is also a very important factor in this, wants.