1231 To Please Mary

While Max welcomed various freighters to the docks, Nico was busy in the research labs, preparing herself for the inevitable day that her mother would come to inquire again about the possibility of grandchildren.

This time she would not be unprepared, and she would have a whole stack of research documents prepared to put before Mary Tarith, so the woman would finally have a satisfactory answer. Nico was sure that her plan would drive her father insane, as Mary's baby fever would only increase in intensity, but some sacrifices had to be made for the greater good.

Well, her greater good anyhow.