Broken Antler Fen This may call for a proper introduction

Thankfully Hymnal didn't latch onto his awkward, long explanation about the babies thing. Eljay thought he was out of the bad weather when Hymnal said 'okay', but then she followed it up with a difficult question. He looked thoughtful as thoughts went through his mind: at first, he thought she meant two males and two females, at the same time, and thought, 'well, I guess, in theory' — but then he realised she meant two males together, and two females together.

This was a little foreign to Eljay, although he knew that before him, Wildfire had had a female mate and they even had puppies; though not the traditional way, of course.

Eljay said: Oh, well... No, it takes one male and one female to reproduce. But uhm, sometimes two females or two males do fall in love, and become mates. They can't have puppies the normal way, but sometimes they ask someone to help out so they can still have a family. After his awkward start Eljay was able to wade through the subject fairly well, if he said so himself, and he smiled at Hymnal, waiting to hear if she had any more questions.