Creatures and parenthood
Parenthood. Fatherhood. Taking care of a baby. I have been a father for a little over a month now. Me and my wife have been blessed with a beautiful little baby girl. Now, throughout my life I had expected that creatures would have been preparing me for parenthood in a way. Likely this is still true, but so far, I have experienced little that supports this. A Norn is actually capable of taking some sort of care of itself right after birth. A baby Norn can crawl, eat solid food, talk and interact with its environment. My daughter can lift her head. Sometimes. For a short amount of time. The truth is that it takes a lot more time for a Human brain to develop than it does for a Norn. Instincts to suckle, to cry out, and sleep are really the only options for at least the first month. Arguably limited speech is an innate ability all babies carry and share with Norns, but even these five simple "words" of the Dunstan baby language really are just sounds made instinctively. What th...
