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Ralph nodded slowly, finding that her words were easing his worries. Not completely, of course, but enough to control the burning feeling in his stomach that had begun to gnaw away at his insides. Someday. He could handle someday. Keeping the possibility open.... but just not right now. Right now was too soon, they still had -- he would start getting himself accustomed to the idea of it, eventually begin to tear away this almost fear he associated with them attempting to have children again.

He could--- they could. They would together. Ralph could tell Miranda felt just as fearful yet yearning as he did. It was strange, and unfair because he knew they would be absolutely brilliant parents, but everyone had been affected by the war. This was their effect.

"Okay," Ralph responded in a soft tone. Lucky they had become close enough to each other, or else Miranda would not have been able to hear him with the noises surrounding them. "Okay," he repeated, the second time coming out much firmer. "At some point," he recited her words, liking how they sounded. Not now, but at some point.

Behind him, Ralph heard the final loud hisses from the train and its wheels finally begin to churn. His little new friends were about to start the best seven years of their lives. He turned quickly to face back to the train, but made sure to never loosen his grip on Miranda.