Blacktail Deer Plateau and i’ll be right outside your front door on my 12 speed

That extra heartbeat you're harboring. His reply was quick, sharp, he would not relent or back down. There was no pity or empathy. I've come to judge Aningan's decision. If you're fit to raise anything. So far, it both failed. Both Aningan's decision to bring this one in, and his ability to raise a child on his own once it filled its lungs with air. 

Or do you plan on killing it instead? His tone grew darker. Grieving almost at the thought. If this one didn't care for it while it needed its mother's uterus to grow, was it even meant to survive its birth day? 

Why did he feel the need to even interject, it wasn't even his. Why did it matter so much? Age was certainly doing odd things to his psyche, his father would be incredibly disappointed should he know. But still, he felt that need to protect something that could not do it itself. Innocent, vulnerable, someone had to care. Its time was quickly approaching, after all, judging by the size of her belly.