Zelda lifted her head.“Bots, get Ra here, now.Medical emergency.”
Two bots took off at high speed, and a moment later, there was a roar, and Ra burst into the room.
Zelda barked, “Wash your hands, kneel, and support her while we catch.”
“They said it was an emergency.”
Zelda looked at him.“Someone is emerging.Hands.Go!”
He moved quick for a big guy, and he was the support for Harwin while her hips rocked, and the baby slid into Zaniah’s hands.
Harwin shuddered.“Are we done yet, are we done yet, are we done yet?”
“Placenta has to show up.I want to wait for it to show up, but would you two like to hold your son?”
Zelda was leaning and giving the fundal massage, and the placenta left the mother.“We are clear.”Everything was removed, and the baby was handed over.
Harwin looked down and laughed.“He has wing buds, and he’s gold.”
Ra didn’t speak.He looked down at the naked baby with his mark on his chest, dark hair, and dark eyes.Harwin stroked his cheek.“There.Now you and Kethen can compare notes again.”
He grinned and swallowed.He kissed her and whispered, “Thank you.”
Zelda smiled.
Harwin looked exhausted.
Zelda said, “Since you have all of these healing units, why don’t you get her in there to avoid any post-partum issues.Just make sure that the settings will keep lactation.”
Ra’s eyes widened.“Right.Will you hold him?”
She didn’t have a chance to answer.She was holding a very large, bloody baby while the mother was taken to restore her to near-factory settings.
Zelda looked at the little naked Hmrain, and she began to rock him.She held him up in the newborn scrunch and walked around while Zani walked around.“Well, this is weird.”
Zani laughed.“You have been out in space for more than a year.Is this the oddest thing you have seen?”
“Not hardly.There was a woman who was claiming companion status just because she had a lot of sex.A few weeks with a Hmrain showed that she was mistaken.Hopefully, she recovers.”
“Wait.What?”
Zelda kept a hand on the little naked back.“What happens to you when you suck a thick straw in a milkshake?What is your response when nothing happens?”
“Uh, first, I suck harder, and then I just scoop out what I want.”
“That is a Hmrain sex drive.”
Zaniah blinked.“Well, shit.”
Ra came back and looked at the baby.“I am going to bring him to his mother’s side.Orex is fidgeting.”
“Ah, I should attend him.Here is your son.Do you have names for him?”
Ra took the tiny, little creature, and he looked at him with wonder.“Not yet.”
“Give Harran a thought.It combines both of your names, and Harwin goes first.”She looked around and found some folded fabric to one side.“I am going to bundle him up.”She snagged the baby and smiled at his sleepy little face.
She wrapped him in the gauze, and he was a little ball with a head on top.She laughed.“There you go.One burrito.”