"You're doing great," Vena says encouragingly. "Good thing this is a happy baby. I wouldn't've given you a fussy one, don't worry." No, she would have just suffered valiantly while getting punched in the chin. Vena prefers horses, honestly. Or swords. Swords are elegant as long as she's not supposed to be acting like she'll use them on someone.

And now Guts is the one getting fidgety. People are so hard to try and manage! Vena surreptitiously works her shoulder and sees Aren on their way back start to hesitate. She is the facilitator here, apparently!

"You can give him back to me now," she says nobly.