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The baby once again stalled. Cody's bottom bulged, but the baby lacked the momentum to breach through the tightly stretched lips. Tristan attmpeted to help, touching on the abused skin around the head trying to promote its crowning, but the effort seemed to be futile except from eliciting a pained hiss from Cody. He muttered a low apology even though he wasn't sure if Cody was aware, for he had been trying to push down hard after a quick change of breath.