"Um, Dr. Shirogane... why isn't my baby... crying?"
"Hmm. This is a bit weird. Physically speaking, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him. It could be signs of his quirk, although rare, it's not uncommon for infants to sort of adapt to their quirk much before they get it. Usually seen in mutant quirks or intelligence quirks."
It seems that I've been put into quite the predicament.
"Some recent studies have shown that while infants don't feel pain the same way adults do. Being born still is extremely uncomfortable and anxiety inducing for the child, so this would be my first time seeing a supposedly healthy baby show no reaction what's so ever to being born."
"Then, Dr... should I be worried?"
"Not necessarily."
The doctor said while a nurse was wrapping me up in a soft towel and handed me to my new mother.
"As I mentioned before, adapting to ones quirk early is a common reason children don't cry at birth. You see that his irises are currently pitch black, yes? Most likely an early sign of a perception based quirk, It would make sense if his senses were subconsciously suppressed so as to not overload him. we have a ton of specialists to help check that."
"So you're saying that... you think he might be getting a perception based quirk..? Me and my husband... are both quirkless. Wouldn't it be super unusual... to have our child be born with a quirk, then?"
My mother, probably due to just giving birth, was too tired to hold me fully. Leaving my body on her chest and just supporting my head and neck.
"Well, it's far too early to be saying anything now. Having pitch black eyes could be anything. For example It may look black but may actually just be very dark brown. it's best not to get your hopes up. Like you said, the chance of a child getting a quirk while having two quirkless parents is relatively low."
I guess this isn't the worst situation I could be in. It'd be a lot better if I could at least see, after all babies are supposed to have blurry vision not a complete lack of sight.
"Due to the growing number of children with increasingly powerful and unpredictable quirks, you would be fine to simply concentrate on the well-being of your child."
"You're right, but... I can't help but be worried.. my life as a quirkless person always felt so difficult.. having to fight for almost anything.. that a regular person would have."
a 'quirk', huh? Intelligence quirks, mutation quirks, perception quirks, and probably a lot of other types. They appear to be some sort of ability, perhaps the supernatural type, which could mean that I'm no longer in the same universe.
"I understand your concerns, ma'am. nowadays, the ratio between the quirked and quirkless is about 8 : 2. However, that would refer to the quirkless population as a whole. For children, it's even more rare. Because of this, about 15-20% of the time, I'm meeting a quirkless teenager. It tends to be in less than ideal circumstances, self-harm, depression, PTSD, etc."
"Dr. Shirogane, is this really the best time to tell her about that?" The short haired nurse interrupted worried about the current topics of their conversation.
"Good point, although you are aware of the difficulties of being quirkless, it was a terrible time to discuss that information with you. My apologies. The point I wanted to get across was that, while we our specialists can help look for early signs of a quirk, it's never a guarantee. Unless it's well within your budget, I'd recommend just waiting until your child is of age before scheduling an appointment. Now I have a few things I need to take care, Ill leave you a bit of alone time with your newborn."
