[Marley]

Beck had stopped counting how far along the pregnancy was going because he'd been more focused on the progress of the ship than anything. Nowadays, he couldn't help too much without hurting and having to rest for awhile - more resting Han there ever was working - but he tried to give pointers to Nori from the side and also made sure she didn't overwork herself either. Despite his current state, he didn't think it fair for her to put such effort into the ship when all he could do mostly was hand her tools and their plans and whatnot. Beck didn't think the changes the pregnancy had made him go through would be so great. With the eggs hardening, his middle was more rounded out and smooth; tiger stripes of stretch marks had begun their ascent from his hips along the underside of his abdomen, and his belly button was plump and always taut against the shirts he wore. He knew he still had some good weeks to go before this was all over but he wondered if his body would be able to handle it. Probably because of the amount of eggs he was carrying, Beck already appeared a bit bigger than full-term women back on Earth. It was only slightly disconcerting.

After a few hours of simply resting, Beck had finally managed to get off his ass and meet Nori in the room they were building their ship at. It was coming along nicely and he couldn't wait for it to be finished. "Do you need anything?" he asked her curiously. "I can work on it if you want to take a break."