What if it was the author girl--
"Oh, believe me, sweetheart," he grasped my cheek and stroked them, looking at my eyes firmly as if telling me to erase any unnecessary thought. "I thought about that countless times," he said. "But the conclusion I reached had always been the same; no matter whether it's truly you or if it's actually someone else, my heart still goes to you. Only you."
"But..." I bit my lips. "Wouldn't you think of a girl when talking about...making a child?"
Instead of responding with words, Natha pulled away slightly and tilted his head, silently looking at me with a smile as if he was waiting for something.
For an answer.
Oh!
"That's..." I turned my head toward the artifact chamber. "That's what...the Egg is for?"