Nova Peak It's like an apple of temptation

Takiyok surprised him once more. She had many children, more than the two sons he knew about. Taikon supposed that this information shouldn't have surprised him — it had always been clear that his friend revealed only what she felt like and it seemed pertinent to do so. The woman had quite the legacy for her age. He felt... almost envious.
Taikon listened to her tales. She spoke of her children, and of the father being consumed with power as she put it. He wondered then what had really happened. At some point, she had left. She was sick, and he wondered if she really meant pregnant when she said sick. Then, she had returned to Sagtannet because she felt she had no other choice. He wondered, then, if the choice had been for her unborn children. These were not things he would ever dream of asking. The prince hoped that at the very least, she was okay here with her remaining children.
I will never stop you, he said, more seriously than he'd meant it. Everything she said intrigued him. Her worries over their behaviour based on how their father had behaved, though, that struck him as an odd little tidbit. He latched onto it. You say ambitious but it sounds... worse than that. Their father was power-hungry? Tai knew all about that. He'd lived his young love knowing only the desire to own the power of others.
Her concern was real. He wanted to know more.