"Wilbur's way more human-shaped than me and he has the weird blood too." 

"Honestly it's bizarre that crossbreeds work at all."

"I think the answer to that one is probably magic." 

"Yeah, probably. Not a very explanatory answer."

"Well. No. But science has to start somewhere." 

"This is true. Do you have some science you want to do?"

"I think I want to learn more non-occult chemistry before I try doing chemistry to any of my own tissues but that's the first place I'd start." 

"Well, let me know if you run into a dead end on your computer."

"I will. I'm glad I don't need to sleep much, putting this down to go to bed would be unbearable." 

"Sleep is a frustrating need to have! How much do you need?"

"A few hours a month." 

"That's about as often as I sleep under normal circumstances."

"Why d'you sleep?" 

"Sometimes I'm reading a great book, forget to drink coffee during, and notice I'm tired and comfy and set up for a good shot at good dreams. That sort of thing."

"Oh. Yeah, that sounds nice." 

"I don't expect that to happen for at least a year though."

"There's so much stuff to do right now!" 

"Yeah!" He wags. He checks his mail. "Mrindeh found a black orphanage."

"Cool. I hope she and baby do well." 

"She might want to settle near here, out of the way so nobody panics if she makes a replacement stuffed animal for one that goes missing or something."

"If we do manage to overhaul everything a head start on being around strangeness might be an advantage for the kid." 

"I'm expecting things to change fast enough that it won't matter much whether a given person sees it first as an infant or as a toddler."

"Well, fair." She considers this. "What do babies look like?" 

He finds some pictures. "We can ask Mrindeh to bring hers by if you like."

"I think I'd like that. I've never been around a human baby before."