Maybe it wouldn't count if we don't decide to do it ourselves? The Peacekeeper wants us for different reasons than Ainea and the others wanted us in Havenwell, after all. Although, I guess it isn't that different, in the end.....

[Hmmmm. Hmmmmm! Having sex to help them figure out how to save the world is kind of like cuddling to revitalize a dead world, right?]

But if that's true, it seems a little silly to have so many of that kind of monster hatching, don't you think? We wouldn't be getting frisky with each other while a monster was doing it for us!

You wouldn't undermine your creator, would you, little guy? Too bad you can't let us know if we're on the right track.

[Alas, the egg doesn't seem like it's going to be making any promises one way or the other.]