[Yeah, she thought that might happen. In preparation for this, she'd done extra reading. When it came to the pain, her body would be prepared to try compensating for it somehow, but due to their mental connection, she hadn't been sure how it might be for Kanji. He was fine, but... there were four other eggs after this one.]

It shouldn't be too long...

[In fact, aside from the initial push out of her womb, most of the effort came from getting it out. Even that wasn't so bad because the shell still required hardening. So, with a few more pushes, the first soft egg would land in Kanji's waiting hand. How strange this was...]

... I think I understand. Since I'm an Iris, I can tolerate the pain, but not everyone marked Ostella was also an Iris, were they?