While replaying the Hinterlands off stream on my own time, noticed a detail in the way Pedro's anatomy gets referenced and joked about that I didn't pick up initially though I'm still not clear on. Pedro has a retractable penis like some birds do (coiled penis?) so he has a slit/cloaca. My question is in reference to the joke Oscar makes about Pedro being a cunt and an asshole, does that mean that Pedro is very anatomically correct as a bird anthro as that he only has one orifice that houses both his anus and his penis (which he presumable can urinate out of as implied by the Ant Hill events)? I don't think I've seen an anthro bird depicted with just the one before.
My second lines of questions are based on your comment on Mc_Kenzie's question about is Asterion's undying existence. Will Asterion's feelings of watching a mortal's lifetime from birth to death and how he's coped with outliving the people he's help raise over the centuries be explored? We did have Asterion share the story of two former father and son masters with him having helped raise the son who eventually became his new master and the happy memories he has from them. But how has Asterion avoided becoming jaded like as some of the masters were when they told their children not to become attached to dogs because they will outlive their dogs? While it's been mentioned, will Asterion have an existential crisis at some point at the thought of the MC's inevitable passing and Asterion never (seemingly) being able to join the MC in death/afterlife?
As a more fun and lighthearted follow up question, does Asterion have training as a midwife? He mentions being there for Themba's birth. I like to imagine Asterion cradling a newborn Themba (who would likely be very large for a newborn).
And this may be a spoiler question, given Asterion's enjoyment of rearing children, would he eventually desire adopting and raising children with the MC? I personally don't have interest in raising children but the idea of Asterion's penchant for childcare is strangely attractive and would likely make him a very happy moo.
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For now I want to leave Pedro's anatomy just a bit of a mystery, in case people want to write fan fictions about him and Oscar. That'd give them wiggle room to go with whatever they prefer.
And, yes, we will explore Asterion's feelings on the matter. That will be a central point going forward. Though it's important to note that... You know, gods in Minoh have a different perspective on the passage of time. A year is nothing to them, they can sleep it off with no issues. Asterion, immortal as he may be, still has the sense of time of a mortal. He knows not to get too attached (also because he doesn't expect staff to live their entire lives in the hotel), but sometimes he does.
Asterion has training as a midwife, yes, and in the right circumstances he would like to raise children. He would like that a lot, in fact, he may even consider retiring from the hotel for a few decades to really enjoy every moment of it. He'd be a great father.
Giving Asterion a few years off to either be a stay-at-home father to raise children or even he and the MC entrusting the hotel to their most trusted staff with a mostly hands off approach so they can spend a few years raising a family is such a romantic idea.
Stay-at-home Moother; I couldn't keep that one to myself.