LINNEA
No. But what if this is my one chance to be a Mom? What if something goes wrong and I can't have kids? What if the Operation Rescue people are right? What if God really is keeping score and I'll be damned for all time if I throw this gift back in HIS face?

ROSS
That's a lot of what ifs. What happened to HIS/HER/THE ETERNAL ONE?

LINNEA
I can't help it. In this situation, God seems like a really pissed off Dad to me. Vengeance, Damnation—it screams of a patriarchal God. That's just not the Goddess' style. And it certainly has nothing to do with Universal Oneness. Now's about the time it'd be great to have a traditional theological viewpoint. Just look at the rulebook, listen to the priest, do what they say. I know it's not that easy, it's just this amorphous all-encompassing spirituality is leaving me out to dry on this one.

ROSS
OK, Let's write it out. On the Con side we have: Possibly Barren Due to Potential Doctor Error. Solution—Get a Good Doctor. Next up: Potential Damnation. If we're going that route aren't you already eternally damned for sleeping with me outside the confines of marriage.

LINNEA
I like how confines and marriage just trip off your tongue together. It's part of you and part of me, how do I just get rid of that?

ROSS
OK, how did you decide when we used a condom that you wanted to keep my guys away from your eggs?

LINNEA
Your guys?

ROSS
Sperm's too clinical.

LINNEA
But you called my eggs, eggs.

ROSS
It's not the same. You can buy eggs at Byerly's. It's familiar, kinda cozy. But, my guys, they're tough little swimmers, I'm sure, but we decided to cut 'em off at the pass without a second thought. What's the difference, philosophically, except for timing?