"Might be a while," Kavinsky said without too much thought. He'd love to have a kid, to have the noise in the house again. Rosie and Sabrina were still always welcome, and any of their friends, and would always be--but it was different without Charlie there. And Newt took these losses longer and more heavily than he did.

"Besides--" He cradled Edie close, gently rocking her and swaying back and forth. "--I think I make a better uncle and big brother than I make a dad, anyway."