The Drow Queen of Glaley [Very NSFW]

[NPCs]

~You think he would protest something?~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~He hates when we talk about ourselves. And he'd hate not being able to hear what was being said. He'd say, how can I protect you when I'm not allowed to hear?~

[NPCs]

~How do the rest of you feel about that? Talking about yourself, hearing what the others say and Cedric wanting to hear it, if he could?~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~I could talk about myself all day,~ jokes Noire. 

~I miss Cedric,~ sighs Sweetheart.

[NPCs]

~I have no doubt about either of those,~ Seli replies, then decides to focus on the more serious response. ~Has Cedric vanished like this before?~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~Yes. Because he is male, he cannot stand to be in the body while we are pregnant, so he sort of... hibernates.~

[NPCs]

There's a slight pause. ~Huh. I... I admit I hadn't thought that line of thought all the way to the end,~ Seli admits. 

[Coquette Blacquin]

~Neither did we, until the first pregnancy happened and he was so miserable... I suppose him finding a way to hibernate is what allowed... what happened to occur. He would never have let me go through with it.~ 

[NPCs]

~'What happened?'~ Seli probes as gently as she can.

[Coquette Blacquin]

~I-- I don't know if I should--~ begins Cindy

~We lost the babe, and Cindy threw herself into the pond with rocks in her pockets.~ Noire sounds almost bored.

[NPCs]

~Oh Cindy-- all of you, I'm so very sorry for your loss,~ Seli says, her voice ringing with pure compassion.

[Coquette Blacquin]

~It was... what, eight years ago?~ says Cindy, sounding more subdued. ~And we've had two successful births since. It's... fine.~ 

[NPCs]

~Healed, perhaps, but not fine,~ Seli returns. ~Nothing like that could ever be fine.~

[Coquette Blacquin]

~....thank you.~

[NPCs]

~...I'm sorry if that was... a little strong,~ she apologies quietly. ~I think I've mentioned, but I have children of my own and-- It's nothing compared to what you had to deal with but my second, after the twins, he was premature. If it wasn't for Wy-- my healer, I likely would have lost him. I'm a little more sensitive to it than I realized; I'm sorry.~