Lillian paused and gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Don't you worry about that, Khemrys. I'm sure everyone will be more happy for the two of you than sad for themselves. Ok? Ok, let's take a look." She pressed the probe low on Khemrys's abdomen, shifting the angle as she watched the screen. Jason...had no idea what they were even looking at: it was just grey fuzzy static.

Lillian clicked a few keys on her keyboard. "See here?" she smiled, moving the pointer on the computer screen over the grainy image that began taking shape. Supposedly. "Here's the baby's head, this is the spine, and that little speck there is a foot..."

Jason...didn't faint. Or go paler (if that was even possible). But there was a soft inhalation as he stared slightly open-mouthed.