I believe I was a good father to all of my creations. With one exception.

[He nods in approval. And the truth is that he's probably been in a similar situation before. Evronians are understandably always very tense around their blind, inscrutable and voracious young. Not Gorthan, who's dealt with the things all his life.]

Very well. Now keep it there. Close to your body, if you can. That is what its parent would do. And don't be so tense - it can feel it, you know. It's far more intelligent than it looks.

Ah, Descole. There is something I have been meaning to ask you.