The Heartwood Similar vows

Huh, interesting. Maybe circumstances in life mattered as well. It seemed that Heph had toyed with the idea, but the place had not been there, nor - Dwin guessed - a proper person to have them with. Her mom's marriage to dad had always seemed as a fact of life. She knew each had had a life of their own before that as well, but she had never truly dwelled on, what their ideas about the future had been then. Had Maia wanted to ever have kids, before she had met Eljay? She decided to ask her, when they would have time to sit down for a proper conversation next. 

"Oh, I had that honor this year. In some places my fur hasn't still fully regrown," she turned to show a patch on her tail, where the fur was noticably thinner. "And I can assure you that imagined kids are way more obedient, nice and law-abiding than the actual little tyrants," she told, now wondering, if Heph had had any actual experience with kids long-term. 24/7 like. "I have heard that giving birth is no fun either, so...." she grinned. "Well, I have not recovered mentally from this summer's ordeal, so I am quite happy to have an extended break from kids in general," she concluded. 

"What about you? Work on thickening that pelt of yours already?" she smiled.