The human family wept, for illness robbed them of being able to have children. The kobold warren nearby decided to trust them and brought a nest of eggs. They loved the young kobolds as deeply as they would their own flesh and blood. And the sorrow was turned to joy. -- Anon Guest
The good news, such as it was, was that Hirren and Aldin had survived the mumps. The bad news was that it had stolen the young couple's ability to have children of their own. Hirren had lost half her hearing on one side. A smaller price to pay, for sure, but the other hit them the hardest.
There were other ways to get children. Scouring the woods for the abandoned, going to a fosterhaus to pick up someone and gift them a new future. Alas, the nearest fosterhaus was on the other side of a dangerous mountain pass. Just going there would risk their lives. Coming back would do the same.
So they spent their spare hours in the forests, looking for unwanted babes. Yet they only found Kobolds.
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