verminous | anise [spacecoast]

anise can do anything she wants forever

...so do I. There's no precedent for having two of 'em, so we're... just gonna find out.

[but given the pattern-- yeah.]

You don't have to watch.

Neither do you.

Nah, but I probably will, anyway.

... Me too.

I mean, what else am I going to do? Bury my head in the sand? Make someone describe it to me later? No thanks.

-if you're sure, then I'm not gonna stop you.

[she's old enough. still young, but-- well, he'd seen worse by her age.]

You wouldn't be able to stop me, even if you wanted to.

[ a grin. ]

Awful confident about that, aren't you.

Yep! Hehe.

Like it or not, I'm involved in all of this too, and I'm not going anywhere.

...yeah. All this affects you as much as any of the rest of us-- whatever you decide you wanna do about that, I figure you should be allowed.

Thank you.

[ a sincere smile... that then turns into a little grin. ]

And if you get scared, I'll be there to hold your hand.

[-oh. that startles a little laugh out of him, shaking his head.]

Right, right. I'll let you know if I do. Just be careful about which hand, 'ne?