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Astien smiled and placed a hand on his belly. "It feels... How can I explain it? I don't think this is something one can easily put into words. When you have a small life inside you, moving, and growing, and you know that it'll talk and walk and do things and... And when it moves for the first time, the feeling is, it's just, I mean it's just incredible and I can't truly explain it. But the thing I think I like the most..." He rubbed his large bump. "... Is that I know I have someone inside me, so I'm never truly alone." He looked up as Marius. "I'm sorry, I'm rambling aren't I?"