Lyssa put a hand over his to hold. "Give me a moment." She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. "I've been feeling them a while. Don't panic now." She opened one eye to look at him. "I'll say it what you were telling me about Braxton-Hicks or whatever as nothing else has happened. See sometimes I do listen to you, you know, going on..." She waved her other hand about briefly.
"Did he always go on about everything like it was a lecture back when you worked with him?" She opened her eyes properly to ask Gwen, trying to take her mind off another annoying moment of pain.