[ No, he hadn't -- but that makes it all the more absurd to her. Her family only ever married for love. She furrows a dark brow at him. ]

Oh.

[ She says, initially bemused by the frank answer -- though in the next, she rethinks something. ]

I suppose that makes sense.

[ As for his query -- her hand flutters for a moment, angling toward her stomach, before she catches herself and drops it. She shrugs, trying to be nonchalant. ]

I didn't always want it, marriage. It wasn't a priority. But I ... I've always loved babies. [ There. ]