"Most dath ilani pass adulthood tests at 13, and at 14 you're considered adult regardless, though at that point you're just starting the entire dating process. It'd be pretty normal not to find anyone you liked enough to have a kid with, until a lot later than that. I don't actually know offhand if somebody's body is supposed to do that correctly at age 13, the topic never came up..."
"I guess the moral here is something like - try to have improvements in contraception come before improvements in agricultural productivity come before improvements in, in sanitation against diseases that kill children quickly and quietly and before they're actually aware of themselves..."
"Carissa, I'm noticing that a large part of myself wants out of this conversation, and I endorse my overriding it and continuing to listen, but I do want to check that you have - a purpose in mind for things, and a reason to do it now instead of a few months later."