It was difficult to think about it, having a child. He didn’t think he was ready, but then, did anyone think he was ready? He hadn’t ever planned on having a child, maybe it would have been possible that he would, like Jiraiya, find a child on the road, and adopt them and raise them, teach them how to be a shinobi so they could protect themself and hopefully also teach them right from wrong, maybe until they were an adult, too. But a child that came from him? What would they be like? Either way, he knew he couldn’t obsess too much about his own feelings with Tazz here, worried and scared. Returning with the tea for them, he set down everything down and went straight for her. She was on the couch already, but he sat down next to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her on top of him so she could rest her body on top of his. “It’s going to be fine, Tazz,” he said, stroking her hair. “Life is a good thing. Always.”