Conception

Yet another fascinating and truly remarkable element of life on this planet is the method by which many organic beings reproduce. Rather than the logistical complications of physical labor and all that that process entails, a simpler way is used here which confounds all scientific reason.

To procreate and conceive a child, two individuals require nothing more than coordinated thoughts and physical proximity. It is a ritual performed by two willing individuals setting their minds to work on a collective goal - specifically, willing their child into being. This metaphysical process takes only this effort and a closeness enough to feel one another's warmth on their skin; after that, only time will tell how long they'll wait before they see the product of their union.

Birth, too, happens entirely outside of the body of either parent. Like in so many other things, the energy that fabricates the universe also weaves together new life, and delivers newborns from the dust of the universe and the substance of the parents' wills. Drawn to the magnetic force of their willpower, the newborn will eventually materialize before the pair of progenitors, without pain or mess or risk of health to them at all.

This is not to say that sex is no longer a present thought in any life form on this planet. Sex can (and likely will) be performed by many who wander here, as the energy exchange during such a course of action cannot be replaced by nearly any other act known to organic beings across this reality or the next. However, it's no longer the driving force behind the instinctive mind - the survival of the species no longer relies upon it, so such acts can be seen as purely recreational when they couldn't have been limited to such on other planets. Neither one's desire for progeny nor dedication to ensure their species' survival will obligate them in this way here.