Swiftcurrent Creek Detours lead to barricades

Reverie settled at Jakoul's side without much hesitation. She took in a deep breath before she answered her question. Lestan, She said, and trembled slightly. He's upset about it, I think. And I just keep getting sicker, and -
She started to cry. Jakoul, I'm scared. I want children, I really do - but this hurts, Reverie had not imagined pregnancy as such a horror, not until she saw Jakoul for the first time and witnessed her labor. Even then, she hadn't really known. No one understands. I'm afraid I'll end up - suffering alone. Alone, as Jakoul had almost been. Only Reverie had been there to weather the storm with her, and they barely knew one another; connected by nothing but their womanhood, their shared ability to create new life and their shared burden to always always always always always
bend to the wants of men.