[There really is no room to deny the child is killing her, is there... but still, Letha hesitates. C-sections aren't a thing that she'd even heard of in Thornwell, not something discussed, because medical knowledge was in such short supply. But needing medical attention to birth a healer baby... it's just a matter of pride that has her hiding her face in her pillow and disengaging from the conversation.
The doctor is kind, and Ivar wants it. They both know now, without a doubt, that she was such a failure she managed to mother a horrible creature instead of a child. But she can't suffer the indignity of admitting this is even necessary, so she shakes her head lightly while her face is buried and hidden in the pillow. She'd rather die than make this easy.]
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The doctor is kind, and Ivar wants it. They both know now, without a doubt, that she was such a failure she managed to mother a horrible creature instead of a child. But she can't suffer the indignity of admitting this is even necessary, so she shakes her head lightly while her face is buried and hidden in the pillow. She'd rather die than make this easy.]