Sure, Archie was dead. But if the risk was real than none of then could afford the selfishness. And if Elizabeth was just going to go back to get married otherwise, then...

"The point's a little moot, isn't it? God. It's like everyone's decided that right here and right now is when they need to figure these things out. Katara's too young to be a grandma and Archie's too deceased to be a dad and Winry dumped Haruhi 'cause they won't have kids and..."

And she was more than a little sick of it. Not even Norrington had done her the favour of being properly annoyed with the prospect of children. Nope -- he'd gone so far as to suggest that Luceti was a great place to start a family.

She pushed the window open. "In you go."