Meanwhile around New York

[nothawkingbird]

Kate still tried to do patrols around the city where she could. She was out on the streets, and underground, it was ok getting around. At least she was getting used to the extra weight. Kind of. She was wearing some looser clothes she found. There was a spare robe in the one of the rooms that was actually kind of comfortable. She then took a step,

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[bad_luck_wolf]

Garo's seeming less and less human, lately. It's nothing physical (except, maybe, that his eyes are slightly more blue and slightly more luminous than they have been before), just an air about him of something other. A certain sharp watchfulness, too, as if he's aware of something that other people aren't.

It's not threatening, though. If anything, he keeps his distance, because he had a cigarette a couple of days ago, and what if the smoke is still on him (it isn't), and what if he gets too close and Kate inhales it and it reaches the baby and the baby's lungs explode. He doesn't want the baby's lungs to explode.

Garo worries about these things.

"Everything healthy, so far? You certainly seem, er ..." 'pregnant' is what he wants to say, but he gets the feeling that would be tactless. "... glowing?" He finishes, lamely.

[nothawkingbird]

Kate had noticed, and it was worrying a little. More so for his sake than anything else.

"I think so? It's harder without a doctor up here. And no, definitely not glowing." She felt huge, and her hair was looking more lank and straggly these days.

"Baby's kicking so think that's good."

[bad_luck_wolf]

"How far along are you?"

[nothawkingbird]

"Not sure. maybe five months or so? Least according to the baby books."

[bad_luck_wolf]

"Plenty of time to find a doctor, then."

[nothawkingbird]

"Not really, there's no way to tell if everything's ok. If they're healthy."

[bad_luck_wolf]

"Is there any reason why they wouldn't be?"

[nothawkingbird]

Kate frowned, "Well, there could be problems with development, defects that I don't know about. I mean I try to eat as healthy as I can, but I don't know."

She tilted her head at him, "Do you know of any way we can check without a doctor?"

[bad_luck_wolf]

"I suppose somebody could rig up an ultrasound, but we'd still need somebody who knew what to look for."

[nothawkingbird]

"Which means back to square one. I spoke to Kern, he's helping me get word back to the farm and Metropolis for supplies and help."

She didn't want to give up on New York since it's her home. Plus in her condition, long distance travel was becoming problematic.

[bad_luck_wolf]

Pause.

Eagerly: "At least we know that it has at least one leg?"

[nothawkingbird]

Kate fixed him with a look.

"Very funny."

[bad_luck_wolf]

Plaintively: "But it's true."

[nothawkingbird]

"Well yeah, still like to know they got everything else ok too though."

[bad_luck_wolf]

"It has to have a brain and workable nervous system, too! Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to kick. Muscles in its legs, too, and bones, and joints. It's fine."

[nothawkingbird]

Rueful smile, "Ok, ok, you're probably right."