No, I still have no idea what I'm doing. [ but luckily she had a similar freak out with hayley and got some extremely good advice she's about to pass on like she's a sage, noble mother. ] You're never going to be prepared, but when it's your baby in your arms, you're going to do fine.

I dunno if Lu's going to get gifts from my mom, I honestly hope that she doesn't. She's more mortal than divine so hopefully she'll feel less pulled apart like I do, but if she does, I mean, no one is going to understand better than I do. If Shay has magic like you do, she's going to have the best teacher already -- You.

[ gives your child a nickname before she's born, deal with it.

she shrugs, reaching out to catch myri's fluttering hand in her own, twisting their fingers together automatically. ] You are gonna be an incredible mother, Myr. You're kind and gentle and you will protect her to the ends of the earth and then some, and she will know every single day just how loved she is, even when she's a horrible demon teenager and doesn't want to listen, your daughter will always know she's loved. Everything else... we can tackle when it happens.

[ we. they've always been a team the two of them, by choice, but now they actually need each other. ]