dancin' for no reason

In response to Cascade's very chipper announcement Valentine blinked. And then blinked again because his eyelids were the only part of him that could function properly in that moment. It was time? Like, seriously, the time? He was having a hard time wrapping his head around what exactly that entailed...and trying to figure out how exactly that much belly was going to squeeze out of her-

With that alarming thought in mind, the brute snapped out of his frozen state. He exhaled slowly (an action that was long overdue) and then drew in a deep breath to clear away the sensation of lightheadedness. "Soooo anything I'm missing in the Outside World?" He blinked again. She wanted to talk about the weather now? Valentine was on the verge of questioning her mental state when it occurred to him that she might be trying to get her mind off of what her body was doing. Immediately he decided to try and help. It was the least he could do. "We did," he confirmed Mercy's statement, "She did very well; it was a good fight."

Was he excited? Of course. Nervous too. Was he ever nervous. What if one of them had three eye or something weird like that? Oh, god, what if one was like Dione? That thought honestly terrified him. Scarier still was the thought that they could grow up to hate him, but what was truly terrifying was the thought that he might fail them.  What if he turned out to be like his own father? "Yes, I'm excited."