"We'll have to see" Orna replied. "I can't give an exact number."

"You had to sew before, right? Weaving and sewing are two different things, if my memory serves. And knitting, that's something else entirely. And croqueting, that's like... knitting with one weird-looking needle, kinda?" This wasn't his field of expertise. 

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"You're really good at this... parenting thing" Caex said, thinking that he should have cradled Auryn before.

"Well, you never really did take care of children before, did you?" Aura asked.

"Not really. I mean, I'd watch some of our little brothers and sisters, but this really isn't the same thing" Caex replied. Turning to Avera, he asked her something he meant to bring up earlier. "So, when do you want to introduce him to your parents?"