Iskra looked at Jammy. "Have you dealt much with helping other females lay eggs? I helped since my mother taught me as a teenager, not as a job of course, but as someone who helped my friends and my mother's friends. They got really upset when the eggs they put so much time into laying didn't hatch."

Kos took her hand and gave it a firm squeeze. He looked at her, snout to snout, face to face. "Feeling alright, dear?" 

"Well, I suppose he'd want to tell you himself, but I'll just say that my father wasn't always as kind as he is now. He was much more... self-centered" Larek explained.

"Oh yes, if you two can help, go ahead" she looked up at Veax and Hermia. "Oh, hey there, brother."

"Hi, Tacita" Veax replied, giving a little wave back. "They're really going at it, aren't they?"

"Yeah. Too much sugar, I think. Or maybe they haven't had a chance to play for a while. Or both. Either way, I could use the help" Tacita explained.