"Watch your mouth Josh!" Magenta said. "Besides, that's what got me this way, dear boy." "Damn!" he grunted. Ulrich chuckled. "You'd think he was the one carrying the baby." Kirk glared at Magenta's son. "I'm not worried about myself. I'm worried about your mother." "Josh, I've had seventeen children, this will be no problem." Looking up at her, he pointed at Peenk. "She was a normal baby." Turning to her son, he pointed again. "He was a normal baby. This baby will be just like me." he said, putting his hand on her belly. Ulrich, now clearly annoyed, smirked. "And what makes you so special?" Melee pulled his head down and whispered to him for a minute. "Oh!" Standing up, he put his hand on the elder Montal's abdomen once more. "I've got to get you ready for this pregnancy." Ulrich smiled and put his arm around Joshua's shoulder. "Maybe you missed the part where Mom told you about popping out seventeen babies. Daddy." "And like I said, those were normal pregnancies." He turned back to Magenta. "Be ready for the ride of your life. When did you first think you were pregnant?" "The symptoms started about five days ago. The doctor told me I was about six weeks along. But that can't be right. We have not known each other that long. And it's been almost a year since I've been with another man." He shook his head. "You're more like ten days along. This baby will be here in about four or five months. I think." "Can you be a little more specific?" Ulrich asked. "Don't you know how long a pregnancy will be for one of your kind?" "It depends on how many she's carrying. My mother and my aunt Big Jess were pregnant for five months with their twins." Magenta and Peenk glanced at each other for a moment. "And Debbie Wilmowski was hauling quads around for more than eight months. My daughter is the only single birth among us, and since I can't remember anything about her mother's pregnancy, we don't know how long it'll be for one. But this pregnancy will be hard on you. Especially if you're carrying more than one." "Just one. A girl." Joshua couldn't help but smile at that. "Ah! Now he's happy." Ulrich said. "My daughter has always told me she wanted a lot of brothers and sisters." Joshua told the man. "And this is a start." Look! It's Antonia in Beskargam.