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Maternal and paternal instincts are just terms used for the parents' attitude towards their child. It's not technically tied in a gender. A male can have maternal instincts so as a female can have paternal instincts. Both genders can do something both parents do so I don't think it's such a big problem that I used "maternal" as a term because I'm not talking about River's gender in the first place. I was pertaining to his attitude towards Heil's child that can be often seen in moms
River's maternal instinct was shookt when they were about to attack each other GSHSHAHAHSH. Dang. Let them be a happy family please