M'ren smiles and nods back to Telinda. "Hey."

Telinda grins, "How are you doing?" she asks

M'ren smiles a bit goofily. "Well... better," he admits. Now that Hexenth /finally/ rose. "You?"

Telinda nods, "Glad to hear it. Me?" she shrugs, "Varied. I'm not sure." A slighty sheepish look overcomes her face, "Tlarian helped me loose my temper again and I wasn't even looking to loose it. Thankfully Haven was around." She smiles, "Thats one fine weyrmate you have there!"

M'ren seems caught between a smile at the compliment, and a scowl... as said weyrmate told him what Tlarian went and said. "Thanks," he grins, then just shakes his head about Tlarian. "That one... I dunno."

Telinda shrugs, "She's very keen on some things, and on other things I'm not so sure about. I shouldn't let it get to me."

M'ren mmmphs and nods.

Telinda smiles, "Ah well. Have you met Juliana at all?"

M'ren frowns faintly. "Who?"

Telinda smiles, "She's K'laarn's daughter it seems, newly come from one of the cotholds around Southern Hold." Despite being upset with the K'laarn-baby phenonmenon, she doesn't seem at all upset by this, "She's staying with me for a little while. A little nervous and unsure of herself, but a good girl underneath."

M'ren blinks a bit and ohs. "Well!" he starts out saying, and then isn't sure where to finish up. "how old is she?"

Telinda tilts her head from side to side thinking about this, "I think she said she has thirteen turns."

M'ren blinks and ums. "Well..." he says again, and nods. "Hope she settles in okay."

Telinda frowns, "M'ren, are you alright? You sound distracted!"

M'ren Clears his throat slightly. "Sorry... anyway...what did you want me to say?"

Telinda shakes her head, still frowning, "I don't want you to say anything, I want to make sure your alright."

M'ren blinks a bit. "What do you mean?"

Telinda shakes her head, "I'm probably imagining it, but you don't seem very yourself."

M'ren seems confused, and looks at Telinda more closely. "I don't?"

Telinda shakes her head a little more, "Nope." She laughs, "Could be me though, I've not been myself lately either."

M'ren frowns s'more at Telinda. "What's up, Telinda?"

Telinda smiles, "Oh the usual, I'll get over it sooner or later."

M'ren hmmms at that, and wonders, "What, then, is 'the usual'?"

Telinda shrugs, "The child thing. I was talking to one of the old aunties today. She suggested I should start taking more cold baths. One of them even suggested doing it and then going between, but I don't see how that would work, I'd just end up in bed with a cold or something."

M'ren blinks a bit at Telinda. "Huh??"

Telinda smiles, "You've not heard of that way? Well, I guess your a man, you might not of heard of these ways to get pregnant."

M'ren smirks at Telinda. "You're /so/ funny. Are you trying to get pregnant, or trying not to be?"

Telinda sighs, "Trying of course." Silly! Not like she's not been trying for nigh on two turns, oh no. Everyone else drops pregnant at the fall of a hat.

M'ren frowns a bit. "I don't think going Between is particularly gonna help, then."

Telinda nods, "Neither do I! But everyone else seems to go *between* and still end up pregnant."

M'ren shakes his head. "Haven didn't, until she broke her leg." But we won't follow that train of thought too much.

Telinda nods, "That's true enough. Maybe I'm doing it wrong" she blurts out suddenly, and then blushes, "Err, sorry."

M'ren blinks a bit more at Telinda. He's going to have a perpetually puzzled look on his face, at this rate. "You what?"

Telinda blushes even more, "Umm, umm, well, I'm still not pregnant!" she mumbles

M'ren slouches back against a tree and crosses his arms, looking just faintly bemused now. "What do you think you're doing wrong, exactly?" he asks, trying now, very hard, to keep a straight face.

Telinda frowns deeply. She's still blushing somewhat, but well, she's started so she might as well finish, "I mean, is there only one way for it to go in?"

M'ren's eyes widen just a bit as he looks at Telinda. "Ahem...." he clears his throat a bit. "Exactly how do you mean?"

Telinda holds up her hand, circling the thumb and first forefinger and then before she can blush even redder, her right hand comes up and pulls the left down, "Umm, umm. Well, I mean, well, there's not medically any special place its supposed to go, other than the obvious" she says with another flush of colour, "is there?"

M'ren clears his throat, seeming just a bit amused. "Not that'd help you get pregnant, no," he demurrs.

Telinda nods, folding her hands under her armpits before they get her into any more trouble, "Well thats reassuring at least."

M'ren grins and nods, eyes still sparkling with amusement. "Have you tried standing on your head, after??" he asks, nearly deadpan.

Telinda shakes her head vigourously, "Oh no, I haven't. Does it help?"

M'ren wells, "I've heard some of the older aunties talk about it," he notes. Of course, they were joking when they did, but...

Telinda nods, "Someone used it and it worked?" she prods

M'ren shrugs, "Well, some folks swear by it."

Telinda nods slowly, "Then I guess I should honestly try it. Sounds strange, but maybe it'll work."

M'ren nods. "And if that doesn't work, there are some herbal pastes...

Telinda frowns, "Pastes? What do they do and what do you have to do with them?"

M'ren frowns thoughtfully, "And then there are some other things..." he trails off, then ahs and smiles. "Oh, well, they vary, the pastes do."

Telinda gestures flippantly with a hand, "For instance? I wouldn't mind knowing."

M'ren mutters to Telinda, "... there's this one... where... and... it... the... it... to... at... effective."

M'ren whispers "Well, there's this one paste where you mix up some herbs and put it on the guy's...ahem...parts. But it has to stay there at least 3 days to be effective."

Telinda nods slowly, She mutters to M'ren, "... see.... whole... long time... a..."

M'ren senses "Telinda nods slowly, "I see. Three whole days? That's a long time without a bath!""

M'ren nods slowly. He mutters to Telinda, "... to take... see."

You sense M'ren nods slowly. "Well, it takes some time for the medicinal properties to take effect, you see."

Telinda nods slowly, "I see. Well, where do I get them from?"