What do you do?
Prioritize.
As much as you would like to fool around with the Nanny, you remember that you were doing this for a purpose. Woefully, you step away from Nanny Mara, and hold her at arms length.
She looks thoroughly disappointed, but after taking a breath, sets her resolve and composes herself. As a thank you, she teaches you how to compress yourself back down to your normal proportions without expending too much power, and how to suppress your excess power, so as not to blind every demon in your home, like a walking lighthouse. While she's undoing her spell on the door, she does say that, now that she's been uncorked as it were, she will need fairly regular milking otherwise it will be painful for her.
Winking, you tell her that if she ever needs your help with that, all she has to do is ask. Parting ways, she gives you a peck on the check and a demure little smile. With her gone, you make your way to your bathroom, mainly to wash and brush away the smell of milk that's radiating off of you, before going to visit Selas.
After being given permission to come in, you find Selas in her room, sitting in front of her fireplace, a book in one hand, and resting the other on her ever growing bump. Her eyes shift over to you, and then back to her book. "What do you want?" she says, and you can almost hear the bite in her tone.
"Just wanted to see how you're doing," you reply, approaching her side, "and how the baby's doing."
"We're fine," she states flatly, keeping her attention fully fixed on her book.
"Oh good, good," you say, standing next to her. She does not acknowledge your presence. "So... what are you reading?"
"A book."
"Nice... what's it about?"
"Stuff."
"Cool. Cool."
This is going nowhere.
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