Yup this is totally a daydream

He felt bad making her pause her meal as she lay her paw over her meal delicately. She offered him a quick update of her injuries from the fire before reprimanding him for apologizing. He was glad that she didn’t harbor any resentment towards him because of it, but she was still very much in the habit of speaking depreciatively about herself. ”You’re just as important, Eulogy.” He made a point to find her gaze as he said it, because there couldn’t have been anything less than seriousness. After losing too many of them family had become everything to him.

Even with gentle prodding she didn’t offer him any news, bad or good. ”Not really..” Wasn’t much of an answer, which she seemed to be avoiding. She didn’t leave him open like he had hoped, but still Rhyme made the attempt. Now he knew there was something she wasn’t completely willing to talk to him about. He kind of felt hurt, but he knew to attribute it to her sense of self-worth. She didn’t want him to worry about her.

”Yes, I've… stumbled upon some interesting news today.” He told her as he took a moment to pluck the breast of his duck. Rhyme sighed softly into his food as he looked back to his sister, now the weight of what he was about to say looked heavy upon him. ”It’s only a rumor though, I wondered if you might be able to help prove it.” His attempt at keeping his words light hearted was valiant, but he as wavering now. ”Do you know the signs of pregnancy?”