Blacktail Deer Plateau riboflavin-flavored, non-carbonated, polyunsaturated blood

"I wonder if Dante wants to have kids..." Junior muttered quietly to herself, then realized what she'd just let slip and looked at Lasher with something like terror in her eyes. "Don't tell anyone, especially him. In fact, you didn't hear that." She stared at him, her cheeks hot, then looked away into the darkness.

After a long pause and a deep breath, Junior said, "That makes sense, though. What do you do if your mate wants kids and you don't? Or vice versa?" Even as she spoke, she continued peering out into the night, not yet ready to look him in the face again.