Waiting until the more immediate reactions had subsided, Apollo shifted his position and cleared his throat, preparing to speak up. "I want you all to know that I am prepared to offer Twila any assistance she may want or need, however I am not requiring her to give up her freedoms." He wanted to get that our of the way first, so that they knew that he wasn't going to punk out on his future progeny. All things considered, he knew he wanted this more than she did.
He glanced at the room's occupants, smiling slightly in an attempt to put them at ease. "It's obvious that this was unplanned, but I and my family take children seriously and I would never want to leave a child of mine without their father's presence in their life." He hoped that in voicing those desires it would help to show Twee and her family just how committed he was to all this already. He knew that Twee was aware of how interested he was in assisting her in raising the child, but it was obvious that not everyone here believed that he would actually be the type to want to commit to this situation.