♻ 005 | audio

[tucky]

Okay, I got a question - why's there so many kids here? You can't turn a corner without running into an imPort kid.

[This... may be a slight exaggeration. It almost does feel that way to Tiffany, though; she came through the Porter from a totally kid-less environment. She'd seen child visitors to the prison in passing, but hadn't interacted with one in years until coming here - and that's not even touching on her own vague Kid Issues, which are currently heightened after her conversation with Jesse about her past.]

I mean, it just seems kinda cruel, you know? Porting in a bunch of kids without anyone to look after 'em. I mean, unless the people here are meant to look after 'em, but come on. How many of us are the type? And I know I would've missed my mama something fierce if I was taken to a whole new world when I was little; some weird fucking stranger wouldn't've cut it.

... Hell, I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong; I could be wrong. Never really knew what to do with kids myself, so it ain't like I know how they think - how y'all think.

So never mind, maybe.

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[tucky]

Right. And I don't, like... hate kids or anything. So I wouldn't want to make any feel bad.

[And that's not even touching the drug addiction issue, which had really been her main motivator at the time.]

[coppelganger]

That's a fair reason. I mean, you don't need to explain yourself to me.

[tucky]

Yeah, okay.

You must miss your kid, though.

[coppelganger]

I do. Yeah.

[tucky]

I'm sorry.

[coppelganger]

It's just more of the same, honestly.

[tucky]

What do you mean by that?

[coppelganger]

I haven't been able to spend much time with her at home either.

[ Some for legitimate clone conspiracy reasons, buuut a lot just for "I was being a crappy mother" reasons. ]

[tucky]

She live with you?

[coppelganger]

[ Wow this is a super awkward pause. ]

... Not right now.

[tucky]

Nah, I meant at home.

[coppelganger]

That's what I meant too. It's complicated at home.

[tucky]

For me, too. That's a common problem people have here.

[coppelganger]

Yeah?

[tucky]

Sure. A lot of people have got shitty lives at home.

[coppelganger]

So is this an improvement?

[ Sounds like she doesn't really expect the answer to be "yes," though. ]

[tucky]

For a lot of people, sure, yeah. I bet it is. It is for me.

[coppelganger]

Oh. Sorry to hear that.

[tucky]

Mm.

But I'm here right now.

[coppelganger]

You'd stay here if you could?

[tucky]

For a while, anyway. A long time.

[coppelganger]

Oh. Then I hope you get to stay.

[ Which is basically the only thing she can think of to say. ]

[tucky]

Thanks.

[coppelganger]

Sure.