Elves are pregnant on average about 26 months. Halflings, on the other hand, are pregnant around 8 months. Neither of them has ever had a half-elf child, nor have they known anyone who has. So they’re in for some excitement.
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(Scene change: Back in hall where Bea and Sancho are waiting. Bea has hand over belly, grimacing)
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Sancho: Ye’ve stopped wretchin’, Ah see.
[You’ve stopped wretching, I see.]
Bea: …barely…
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Sancho: (smiles and puts a hand on her belly) So ‘ow is mah wee lass, then?
[So how is my little girl, then?]
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Bea: (pointedly) He is either kicking up a real storm or some monster’s going to burst out of my stomach.
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Bea: Isn’t too early for this? I don’t remember my others being active at all until I was maybe eight months gone.
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Sancho: She’s a mortal lass. Mebbe they dinnae take sae lang.
[She’s a mortal girl. Maybe they don’t take so long.]
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Bea: Son of a bitch! Is that how this works?! How much time do I have left?! What if he’s born before we’re through?!
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Sancho: I dinnae ken ‘ow this works. I dinnae remember how long Jes were pregnant fer.
[I don’t know how this works. I don’t remember how long Jez was pregnant for.]
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Bea: Tell me about Hez.
Sancho: Ye dinnae wannae ken about Jesea Reyes. She were an evil bitch.
[You don’t want to know about Jesea Reyes. She was an evil bitch.]
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Bea: More evil than me?
Sancho: Yer nae evil. Just a pain in the arse. And a complete fooking nutter.
[You’re not evil. Just a pain in the ass. And a complete fucking psycho.]
