>>5538651You at the Novice linger in pregnant ironic!) silence for a time, until finally you…
>Embrace her, non-sexually but tenderly, and reassure her that her decision as wise, and that you can wait>Open up and admit that, even if she’d been willing, you’re not sure that you are able—after all, there is the matter of the <Dark Goddess’ Affliction>>Renounce her father’s schemes and defy her fears—and yours—and take her here and now, breaking down her artificial hiatus to reignite her estrus and impregnate your true love!>Lambaste her for her defiant folly—you are not just her love, but her KING, and the Red Dragon King counsels a forceful and commanding patriarchal love which you will carry forth to the New Age of Darkness>Write-inAnd what of these challenges? They are strategically and emotionally taxing, to say the least. You are a week from the northern forward base, and you are down an elemental, afflicted by a goddess, and second-guessed by your chosen companion. You are… Vexed. What will you do about it?
>Press on with your head held high—you have overcome worse, and you will do so now>Meditate on the matter—perhaps the Red Dragon King, once awoken, can lend personal and political advice?>Pray to one of the Dark Gods for guidance [whom?]>Delay your return home to locate, hunt down, and forcibly domesticate your defiant elemental>Write-in 