Footfalls approached, and Nessa walked up to them. “It is a good skill. What am I missing?”
Tolly volunteered, “Bethany isn’t a human. She has fertility skills.”
Nessa froze. “What?”
Bethany rubbed the back of her neck. “Don’t worry. This is your facility. I am just here to cater to the guests.”
Nessa grabbed her by the hand and sat her down. “What kind?”
“What?”
“What style?”
“I don’t know what the style is. I have done it twice.”
“When you were trained, what did they call it?” Nessa smiled encouragingly.
“Oh. No training. I am wild magic. The need was identified, and I made the changes that allowed the conception. It is hard on the subjects, though.”
Nessa blinked. “You can bring on conception without any study?”
“I never had the funds to pay for an education. I am also sort of on the run. This identity is solid as well as my face, so I think I am good for now. The children that resulted are alive and healthy and a true split of their parents’ genes.”
“Can I contact them?”
“I will have to ask them.”
“Can you?”
She nodded and pulled out her phone. She contacted both couples with the same message about a fertility specialist wanting to know about her technique and results.
“Message sent.” She smiled. “Here is the address of the first one. Do you have translation apps on your phone?”
“Yeah. Why?”
She sent the address. “They are in Japan.”
“Oh. Right. Okay. I can manage that.” She paused and started typing, asking her questions.
The second couple answered as well, and Bethany forwarded the address. “These ones are in Scandinavia.”
“What are they?”
“Gnome and giantess.”
“Whoa.”
“And the other couple?”
“Tengu and nekomata. Cute couple. Together for twenty years with no luck.”
“How did you meet them?”
“I was there performing and needed someone to hide me from a bunch of horny ogres, so they hid me for a few days, and their scents covered mine until I could make arrangements and get to the airport. The sudden alignment was the magic’s payment for the help.”
“So you just...”
“Aligned them. Took the egg and sperm and made them equal and then got out of the way as the little one got started. It was only confirmed after I had already headed home.”
