[ The payment usually goes the other way around, oddly enough. And he can only give her an odd look at Lorena Bobbitt, though the intent behind her analogy is easy enough for him to understand, which gets a sly upturn of his lips again. ]

I think I'm happier not knowing what that means... [ He laughs, then shakes his head at the next part thoughtfully. ]

We don't have that. Probably for the best, all things considered. [ Under the Payshmura he doesn't know that it would've necessarily made things better for women - though it's an interesting image: two rich gaun'im openly flaunting a child that came from an unmarried woman's womb. ]

And what about the children? Don't they ever wonder about their mother?

[ They are still a part of her, even if she is divorced from the whole process. ]