"But you'd be stupid to have 'em back home, too. People in our line o'work don't have easy lives. People who live in New York die in car crashes, people die o'heart attacks, kids get left behind. That's one way to view the world. Th'other is, you love each other and you want a family with each other, and you've been here long enough that you think it's worth takin' the risk you'll be here longer, still. Ain't an easy way to look at it. Except," she said, moving her fingers up the frets as she tuned the next string.
"Except you'n Layla'd have real beautiful babies."
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"But you'd be stupid to have 'em back home, too. People in our line o'work don't have easy lives. People who live in New York die in car crashes, people die o'heart attacks, kids get left behind. That's one way to view the world. Th'other is, you love each other and you want a family with each other, and you've been here long enough that you think it's worth takin' the risk you'll be here longer, still. Ain't an easy way to look at it. Except," she said, moving her fingers up the frets as she tuned the next string.
"Except you'n Layla'd have real beautiful babies."