[Content warning: Homophobia]

He turned back to face her and smiled. "That is a splendid name." Luckily for both of them, Gabriel was quick to suppress the memory. He supposed it did convince him all the more of his... inordinate nature. Now that the mystery of what was under a woman's skirts was solved for him, he was quite certain he could never desire that. "Erm..." he tried to speak, just to lift the awkwardness between them. "Will there be people to care for you, while you are recovering? I'm sure I can find some elderly women in the church who would have time to tend to you and the baby in the coming weeks, should you require it. Do you have a steady source of income? Enough to eat? Enough coal?"