"Giving up those sugar clouds for the cause was a huge sacrifice," Sileas admitted.

Yehudit scowled.

Brie stepped forward. "Yehudit, I need some time alone with my daughter, if you wouldn't mind going to join your family." Her voice was cold, calm, controlled. Much like a volcano preparing to explode.

Yehudit stubbornly crossed her arms. "I stay with Sileas, even if she locked me in a cloak room so she and Larrigan could canoodle and she got herself knocked up."

"Well... At least knowing when it happened will make it easy to pin down a due date." Difyr said, trying to break some of the tension.

Brie glared at Yehudit. "Trust me, you don't want to be here for this." Brie rubbed her temple. Difyr wasn't helping.

Yehudit put an arm around Sileas's slightly widening waist. "I'm staying."

"Be prepared to take some of the blame then. Distraction by sugar cloud indeed," Brie humphed.

Yehudit scowled. "Then where were you?"

"I wasn't living with her. You were."

"You were the one who was supposed to teach her where babies come from!" Yehudit said.

"I am in no mood to argue with you, Yehudit. You stay and accept part of the blame or go find your family."

"Sileas is my cousin, we are family." Yehudit said angrily.

"I meant you should probably find your mother. She was heading for the dungeons to face down mermen. By now she's probably gotten herself in trouble."

"Mama can take care of herself." Yehudit said.

Sileas shook her head. "I'll be all right. The dungeons could be a problem for your Mama. My Mama won't hurt me. She might yell, but she won't hurt me."

Yehudit bristled. "I'm not leaving you like this."

"But I'm fine. I'm in shock and I'm confused, but I'm fine."

"I am not leaving." Yehudit said stubbornly.

Sileas and her mother sighed in unison.

"So if you're going to scream at her don't let me hold you up." Yehudit said.

"I'm not going to scream. That's your mother's style. But I am going to express how very disappointed I am. I understand why you did it and why you felt it was safe to, but you should have learned from me that sometimes the healers are wrong. Or our bodies heal better than expected. Now you have messed up any chance you had for a good future."

Yehudit took offense and swung her walking stick at Aunt Brie.

Brie grabbed Yehudit by the ear and started to pull her up from her seat. "Your mother is violent and she condones violence. I don't. Go. I don't want you near my daughter or my grandchild. You are a bad influence."

Yehudit yelped and clumsily kicked at Brighid's shins.

"Do you think Sileas is too stupid to know what she did?" Yehudit said angrily. "Do you have to rub it in like all the other judgemental bitches who are going to be tearing her down?"