He raised an eyebrow. "I most certainly CAN. But that is why we got Sapphire. To fill in when you were otherwise busy. Besides, I am going to have to help too, so I doubt it will be that big of a slow down. I will just have to make and expand my own contact network. And figure out how to even start one."<br/><br/>He opened his mouth to make a joke, and then thought better of it. "Besides, if something comes up that absolutely requires your attention, I am sure Blossom would be willing to watch them, and Flute would be delighted to have a playmate for a while."<br/><br/>He considered one of the possibilities of why she had gone into heat early, and made a decision. "If it is alright with you, I will avoid spending an undue amount of time with you and the child for the first bit. Mostly because I don't want any... untoward influences upon them, and I am not exactly the most secure... soul in the place."<br/><br/>He made a note to talk with Aurelia about upping the protections around here, if only because if Tiamat had had something to do with the child, he was not going to let her do any more than she already had.