( It's easier to refer to it as such instead of "different genetic material", which only encompasses a few things compared to the truth of what her nanites prevent against, which is all manner of bacteria and toxins, stopping bloodborne pathogens and many, many other things. Sperm is just one of a multitude of things that won't be allowed to thrive in her body. But it's clear the other woman is upset, both on Angela's behalf and her own, and she may as well have touched her own stomach she can so clearly read her concern for herself.
Is it really true? Well, yes, but she wonders how best to answer that without being so needlessly blunt. )
It isn't "barren"; I know our times are very different but even far back in time, women used various herbs or different types of wood to stop a pregnancy. There are better ways to prevent it now that aren't nearly so invasive. Covers for a man's... ( She gestures, as she doesn't want to embarrass her. ) ...to catch his seed before it can enter you, or medicines one can take that tells your body you're already pregnant, so it doesn't produce any eggs to fertilize until you've stopped taking them for a few days. It is something like that. It isn't a permanent change to your body. It is only a temporary measure. They are still trying to figure it out, but I'm sure once they have, and if you wish to have children here in this place, it can be arranged.
But please don't be sad for me, all right? Like I said, the work I do... When I was home, it was very dangerous. I was always on the fringes of "battles". Of war. I lost my parents to a great war when I was young and was orphaned, myself; I couldn't do that to a child of my own. Does that make sense? And this place... Even if someone was to have a child here, what if it came time to go home and we couldn't take them with us? What if they preferred to stay with their friends and the life they've adapted to here, instead of the one we know from home?
It isn't an easy choice to make.
( She wouldn't want to see Konoha have the children she seems to so desperately want and then have to make a decision whether or not to leave them behind, or be swept away without them, period, no choice in the matter as many who have left don't seem to get. )
You'll be just fine, Konoha. You're still so young and full of life! You have many, many years ahead of you yet.
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Is it really true? Well, yes, but she wonders how best to answer that without being so needlessly blunt. )
It isn't "barren"; I know our times are very different but even far back in time, women used various herbs or different types of wood to stop a pregnancy. There are better ways to prevent it now that aren't nearly so invasive. Covers for a man's... ( She gestures, as she doesn't want to embarrass her. ) ...to catch his seed before it can enter you, or medicines one can take that tells your body you're already pregnant, so it doesn't produce any eggs to fertilize until you've stopped taking them for a few days. It is something like that. It isn't a permanent change to your body. It is only a temporary measure. They are still trying to figure it out, but I'm sure once they have, and if you wish to have children here in this place, it can be arranged.
But please don't be sad for me, all right? Like I said, the work I do... When I was home, it was very dangerous. I was always on the fringes of "battles". Of war. I lost my parents to a great war when I was young and was orphaned, myself; I couldn't do that to a child of my own. Does that make sense? And this place... Even if someone was to have a child here, what if it came time to go home and we couldn't take them with us? What if they preferred to stay with their friends and the life they've adapted to here, instead of the one we know from home?
It isn't an easy choice to make.
( She wouldn't want to see Konoha have the children she seems to so desperately want and then have to make a decision whether or not to leave them behind, or be swept away without them, period, no choice in the matter as many who have left don't seem to get. )
You'll be just fine, Konoha. You're still so young and full of life! You have many, many years ahead of you yet.