Chris is still somewhat determined to find the other heartbeat and his hand slides over the mound of Eostre's stomach to search it out. As far as Chris is concerned, Mike doesn't have to make any excuses or explanations and he shoots him a very quick glance, a smile that isn't quite that, but understood.

Concentrating, he finally picked up what sounded like maybe another heartbeat. It was hard to make out and sounded more like an echo of the other one, but for not it was enough. It had to be.

"Think they're okay," he said after a moment, his voice a murmur as he reached up to tug the stethoscope out of his ears.