Ben wasn't entirely following her train of thought, but he'd latched on to the description of impossibly small.
"You're worried about the baby?" he asked, with a pang of guilt. The healers didn't think there was anything to be concerned about after the potion incident, since Melody had woken up quickly afterwards and seemed to have recovered just fine, but if there was something wrong with the baby it would have been his fault. At the very least, they'd never know for sure that it wasn't his fault. Which would be the end of them, for sure — there was already too much baggage between the two of them, and he knew what little was left of their relationship couldn't survive another heavy dose of resentment.
"You're worried about the baby?" he asked, with a pang of guilt. The healers didn't think there was anything to be concerned about after the potion incident, since Melody had woken up quickly afterwards and seemed to have recovered just fine, but if there was something wrong with the baby it would have been his fault. At the very least, they'd never know for sure that it wasn't his fault. Which would be the end of them, for sure — there was already too much baggage between the two of them, and he knew what little was left of their relationship couldn't survive another heavy dose of resentment.
MJ made this <3