"Yeah, but I have less hair to get hands on," she chuckled softly as Irias gave up on drinking again and went back to patting and poking the bottle like a toy. Silly child. So this was why parents did airplane noises for food delivery apparently...

"I didn't...ever think I could be." A mom. "My insides never...well, you know." He'd nursed her through some bad periods, followed by months of nothing. "My...back then, I was told I was just broken and get over it."