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Fox took the conversation around an unexpected turn, giving Peregrine a tiny bit of whiplash in the process. For two seconds, his brow furrowed in confusion. She knew what had happened with Hawkeye, didn't she...? Then he remembered. Yes, sometimes even he forgot that they hadn't produced Pura and Saena. They did share blood with him, because of his relation to Pied, but he was not a biological parent.

"She died giving birth," he said a bit flatly, feeling a flicker of anxiety in the pity of his belly. "But I think it was partly because she had been badly injured earlier..." Even as he tried to reassure himself, Peregrine felt his stomach sink. Fox had been injured internally just a month ago. Would pregnancy complicate it or vice versa? He felt dread creeping into his bones.

"We should ask Will—Ashton if he has any advice about this. Fox, it would kill me if anything went wrong with the pregnancy or birth... especially knowing I had done it to you." He really hadn't thought about it before but Peregrine now worried that he would be able to think of nothing else between now and the pups' safe delivery.