I looked around the house.“Sorry about the lack of decorations,” Wotan said. “The ‘chines make it for me while I’m decelerating. Usually, it...takes them a few weeks to cut down all the wood, forge the metal, make the pipes. Even with the old foundation.”My brow furrowed. “They don’t ... fab it? Using mana?”“No, no,” Wotan said. “All the nanotech on this planet is controlled by the Custodias. He, heh, he was given a single order: Maintain We Made It. And so, he maintains it.” She shook her head.. She was asleep within a minute or two of sitting in the car seat. I got to the beach and parked where I knew all the younger (15 to 25) crowd liked to go. I got out, got our blankets then went around and opened my wife's car door. I woke her up and helped her out of the car. I took her down and found a nice place just a little bit away from all the people. Not much, about 100 or 200 feet from the big crowd. I laid our blanket down, the sat my wife down. I made a little pillow out of my shirt. "Yes, you are married to Sam. He might not like it right now, but he'llcome around," Emmi said as she helped Chloe up from the chair."B-but... I don't want to be a pregnant woman..." Chloe softly said,almost unsure of herself."Well, you should have thought about that six months ago dear," Emmigiggled. "Now I have a special gift for you and Sam."Emmi reached in her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, in the shapeof a check. She handed it Chloe who saw what it was and covered her mouthas. Millie instantly began to make plans, arrange shopping expeditions, find excuses to move up their move-in date, and her happiness infected our home, making all of us a little giddy with excitement.Our days were full of ups and downs, as Beth Ann and Regina coped with unexpectedly expecting, and Colleen prepared for planned motherhood. Our builders caught on to our changing vision, and work progressed nicely, making us all feel confident that our new nursery wing would be ready before the girls.