[He snorts before catching himself, and before shaking his head.]

That's the mark of an idiot, yes. But some people snap into maturity when they're suddenly part responsible for another life. Some don't. Some simply do not make good parents. But you can't know by that measure. At the age of twenty-seven I was stopping in the dangerous Deep Roads in front of the group's archer and collapsing backward telling him to hold me.

He dropped me, for the record, rolling his eyes and grumbling, and everyone laughed. And here I am, trusted by you to help with your child.