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[clumsy_auror]

It's a nice, wintry sort of day, and Tonks is out enjoying the gently-falling snow. It's chilly, but the tea helps.

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[clumsy_auror]

Tonks beams.

"Really? Oh, Simon, it'd mean so much to us. It's been a really good pregnancy so far, no complications -- he's kind of big, but healthy as a horse, seemingly. Would you like records from my visits? I can get you those."

[simon_doctor]

"Medical records would be helpful, yes -- this is your first pregnancy?"

[clumsy_auror]

She nods. "Yup. No chronic medical issues. And being a Metamorphmagus doesn't affect the baby at all, so far as we know." A shrug. "The last one of my kind known to have a child, though, was something like two hundred years ago, so it's anyone's guess."

[simon_doctor]

Simon blinks. "...I'm sorry, being a what?"

[clumsy_auror]

"Oh, sorry, that's the technical term for the whole--" She waves her hand vaguely and scrunches up her nose, concentrating. Her hair goes green. "--the whole changing thing."

[simon_doctor]

"...I see."

A pause. "That isn't something all, ah, wizards can do?"

[clumsy_auror]

A shake of her head. "No, I'm afraid it's a bit of a rare thing, even for witches and wizards. Genetic anomaly." She scrunches up her face again, and her hair goes pink. "Not much of a green day today," she confides. "And I've got a true form and all, just... lots of other options, as well."

[simon_doctor]

"I see," he says again.

And with a brief flash of embarrassment, "You'd think I'd be used to this sort of thing by now."

[clumsy_auror]

"Why?" She shrugs. "This is one of those places where I don't think I'll ever get used to everything. And that's probably as it should be."

[simon_doctor]

"You may be right."

He looks around at the snow. "That's ... something of an unsettling thought, actually. Though I'm not sure the thought of getting used to this place isn't even more unsettling."

[clumsy_auror]

"That's probably true, too," she agrees. Then she smiles slightly. "Guess I'll find out."

[simon_doctor]

"I suppose so."

A pause. "So, medical records..."

[clumsy_auror]

"Right. If you just wait two minutes..." Tonks gestures around the lake and walks off through the snow in the direction of her back door.

She soon returns with a relatively full file-folder clutched in her hands. "Here, this is all of it. Sonograms, charts, weight gain, test results, the whole lot."

[simon_doctor]

Simon takes the file-folder and tucks it under one arm.

"Thank you. I'll look through these tonight."

[clumsy_auror]

"Excellent. Really, Simon, this is an enormous favour you're doing us." The witch grins. "And now, I reckon I'd better get in out of the cold. Buy you a cuppa?"

[simon_doctor]

"...That'd be nice. Xiexie ni."