The Heartwood Similar vows

"A good point. I think that the river ends, when it becomes the sea and then the ocean," she said. "But people are not waterways, so I do not think that this metaphor applies to us," she pointed out. "Though one could discuss the fates of individuals, when they come together to create something big. How they lose their individual selves in the name of the greater good. That the good is more important than the individual. I could not live with that," she said. 

"Have you always known you wanted kids someday or is it something that you grew aware of over time?" Dwin asked, wondering if having a change of heart in the matter was something that usually happened. Hoping to hear that Heph - like her - had been solidly against the idea before and that change of heart had come later. Because - time and time again she had wondered, whether her choice to remain unmarried and childless was simply a phase, or whether there would come a day, when something would click in her brain and she would be like - oh, I want a baby!