[ He'll feel more and more as though it's a good thing as time progresses. He'll be cautious at first, because he too, will be unsure as to how she feels about it, but he'll eventually not be able to help himself - he'll wind up building bricks and beams for baby hospitals, new technology to monitor infants, better cribs and such that stimulate multiple forms of learning more efficiently. Better armor for himself not just in terms of firepower but in terms of protection, and the same for her in the gear that she utilizes. ]

We do an okay job of that with each other. And... it won't be rushing into battle every other day. For at least a few years, anyway. If we don't have a grip on things by then -- [ he was about to say then they probably ought to just let ...it, leave, but he realized this wasn't perhaps the best phrasing. ] I believe in you. I trust you.