Uriel shut here eyes for a moment, letting Ryan speak to her and merely listening in return. How could she help him to be sure? Uriel was convinced that it was a Vortian woman buried here, and Ryan was convinced that this was his mother's grave. So long as both were true, then Ryan was the spawn of inter-species breeding. However, he looked for all the world like a human to her. She was the one trying to explain it to him, and even she was doubtful of it. Even if his mother was Vortian, was there any of that in him?<br/><br/>Then a thought came to her.<span style="color: #BF80FF"><span style="font-style: italic">"You mentioned a deceased sister,"</span></span>she said suddenly, a thought coming to her.<span style="color: #BF80FF"><span style="font-style: italic">"Yet your mother died in childbirth?"</span></span>she paused. Would it be so easy? If the mother was Vortian, perhaps it was safe to presume that the conception would mimic their side of things. Before Ryan could really give an answer, Uriel loosened her grip on him and brought him to arm's length, holding his shoulders. She raised her antennae slightly in demonstration.<span style="color: #BF80FF"><span style="font-style: italic">"We are symmetrical creatures able to take in nutrients through two separate sources at once. The only two organs located in our torsos are our hearts and our reproductive organs. Our women are genetically designed to mother two children at a time.--Were you and Jessica twins?"</span></span>That would settle it. Compared to humans, who had a very low chance of producing more than one child at a time--especially while most were so malnourished--were abysmally low. On the other hand, ninety percent of Vortian conceptions were twins. If Ryan and Jessica were twins, to Uriel, that would be proof of their lineage.