Unlike Nick & Rose, I took precautions before doing THIS research with my browser It was interesting knocking out all the pegs to keep Rose on the wrong idea until the unavoidable conclusion, thus the need for the alibis to explain away the inevitable kicking she’d feel, and the over-reliance on her pastor for medical advice (common in the era I’m writing). Nick and Rose are otherwise sufficiently responsible that they would’ve coached Lana if they realized the test was a false negative.
Now, Toby was slated to be the MC for the Halloween story I had original had in mind, however, that was proving to be more complicated than a oneshot could allow for, hence this story about his birth seemed more interesting. And, I think it’s a nice twist to have a Halloween story come out +1