What a horrible story. Stunningly horrifying. A plausibly well-meaning but awful and self-centered person doing the wrong things.
Hey, "Conditional Love" if you want to come hang out at the PseudoPod Towers, just drop on over. We have cookies.
So Grace wants kids, after having known David for a few days...
I saw this timeline sentiment reflected in several places upthread. I got the impression that quite some time passed. I recall Minerva's treatment progress being the primary indicator of that impression. If it was only a few days and Minerva grew arms in that time frame, why wouldn't she be willing to wait another couple days for legs?