Author's note: Adult warning is for the mention certain parts...
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"You do know that the two of them are still kids," Mina approached Maurice and Snowy, "They will need near constant checks to make sure they stay healthy... and your sugar coating things isn't going to help."
"But everything does function," Snowy commented, "Neither of us wanted Snowflake to become a mother at hir age, you must know that."
"Just because it functions, does not mean it is mature," Mina answered, "and given that the Fee City was around twelve years ago, pushing thirteen now, those two AREN'T fourteen years of age. They are only twelve. They can become pregnant the moment they have their first heat cycle, but that doesn't mean their bodies are ready to develop..."
"But they were born Kats..."
"You told me that Midnight was only six when shi became a Kat," Mina answered, "Shi'd be young enough to have entered puberty as a Kat. And how did shi mature... just based on what you can see."
"Physically shi didn't mature until shi was sixteen," Maurice answered.
"And when did shi hit puberty?" Mina questioned.
"About the same time that Janice and Snowflake have," Maurice answered.
"So they've only just started puberty," Mina answered, "being born Kats doesn't change how they age. You've all even said that our aging doesn't hit that slow down until after we turn eighteen. While they're minors they still age at the same rate as humans. Snowflake and Janice are still kids, have just started puberty. Their bodies may be physically capable of carrying children, but that does not mean that they are mature enough to make things fully safe for them. That is why Ronnie or I will need to see them weekly, just to make sure that they are staying healthy and that there are no complications as a result..."
"But they'll be okay?" Snowy asked.
"They should be, but as far as I know, this is the first case among Kats with kids having kids," Mina said very firmly, "It's why they need to have frequent appointments, just to make sure. We may be healthier than humans, but that doesn't mean we should just through caution to the wind... especially since neither of them of mature enough to feed the embryos inside them."
Maurice and Snowy blinked.
"They've only just started puberty," Mina sighed lowering hir muzzle and rubbing a hand to hir temples, "Maurice, in your previous Chakat form, you were a small C Cup with regards to the size of your breasts. Snowy, you and I are a large B. Sally is a moderate C and Charlie is a small C or large B. None of us have really large breasts... but neither are we small by any means... Janice and Snowflake's breasts are no more than buds at their nipples right now, and that is something I checked. They will not be capable of lactation to feed their infants... Now, Janice should be fine. Charlie and Sally are pregnant and should have given birth by then... but Snowflake..."
"We could let hir stay with Janice," Snowy commented, "though I don't want put too much pressure on them..."
Maurice nodded and knew some of the problems that hir sither-in-law was referring to. These ones were more legal than anything else. Janice may have "gotten" a job helping Brent, Kathy, and Elise, but legally that would only be a sort of apprenticeship as child labor laws didn't allow for kids to actually work until they were 14 and then they could only work in non-hazardous jobs. In addition, since they weren't legal adults and even below the ages where a kid could petition for emancipation from their parents (and even with that, Maurice also knew that the judges would have to review to see if the minor was responsible enough... and no court would hold a pregnant twelve/thirteen year old responsible enough to be emancipated). It'd mean that Janice and Snowflake wouldn't be legally allowed to married and the REAL responsibility for them and for their children still rested with Charlie and Sally for Janice and Maurice and Snowy for Snowflake. That was the law that they had to follow. Much of their asking Janice on what shi and Snowflake would do was more a "scare them straight" idea to make sure they did understand the consequences.
"Or... we could mate again," Maurice said slowly, "My changing back into a human and back into this Hybrikat form has reset my heat cycle..."
"Maurice..." Snowy said softly.
"Mina is right that things will not be physically easy for Snowflake or for Janace," Maurice answered, "and you don't wish to add to any stress that Charlie and Sally are going to face as they will have to nurse Janice's child as well. And while I don't like the fact that we're counting down to a war, it may finally bring about an end to these outbreaks. No one will be using the Virus on those who don't want it... and that is what many of us agreed to wait for... and if Snowflake isn't mature enough to lactate... I am and by the time shi gives birth, I will be lactating..."
Snowy only hugged Maurice to hir.
"You're sure?" Snowy asked to hir mate.
"Yes," Maurice answered, "We've both wanted more kids... shame we have to do it because our eldest was irresponsible... but Snowflake is still our soughter Snowy. We have to do what we can to make things easier for hir."
"I know," Snowy sighed and nuzzled hir head to Maurice's.