[ He isn't sure if she means physically, or mentally, when she says she isn't sure she can, but in case it's the former, Baby bites his lip, looking ahead for a moment, at all the babies' boxes and baskets. It's cute, it's unbelievably cute, even if Baby himself knows that he is not ready for kids, or even willing to explore the idea just yet. Life is too complicated, things are much too messy. ]

Well, if you can't... like, physically, anyway, there's always adoption. I was adopted, [ he adds with a little shrug. ] Not as a baby, but it was still the best thing that's ever happened to me.

[ Looking down at his hands, he lets himself miss Joe, for a moment. ]

If it's not physical, well. I hope you get to find out if you can. And I'm sorry, truly, if I've made things... difficult.