I am trying to think of whether Shelley has physically harmed a character younger than 16. At 16 they're automatically signed up on the sexual predation waiting list, but for children it's just their parents dying. I'm surprised Raymond/Perdita are still alive, frankly.

Funny story: The gestation time of the Opalescent Planet Worm is two thousand and twenty years. The species gets its name from the beautiful and shiny coloration of its hundreds of wings.