Mm ... [Yeah, she's going to leave that one alone and it's good that Masaomi's moved it along to something else. She's not entirely comfortable with the idea Masaomi would rather keep her misery than swallow his pride and accept a situation which alleviates stress, but she's getting better at stopping herself from going down awful rabbit holes now.

Of course it helps that hi statement is easy enough to respond to, even though she hadn't thought about it before.]

That's true, but it's not as if that changes who the biological father is, and that's more important.

[By the time Yamato's finally gotten himself together to form his own pack and stake out his own space, their child will be old enough to grasp the basics, or at least an incredibly simplified explanation. Of course Nariko is assuming that Yamato won't be an idiot and attempt anything too grand within the next seven years, which might turn out to be very wrong of her.]

In general, I'd feel less awful if people without established careers didn't give up their entire lives when there's a house full of adults here who all have some level of experience with children.

[And in that way Masaomi gets what he wants: A village raising children, a different take on his own upbringing with enough similarities to edge on nostalgia.]