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[youresovein]

[ Behold: Lestat, sprawled on a velvet couch in a leather jacket, head leaned casually on the arm rest. Visible from this selfie angle, discarded on his coffee table, is a laptop open to a word processor. He's deep in thought tonight. ]

Have you ever fallen in love? Have you ever been punched very hard in the face, or perhaps attacked by a pack of starving wolves? For those of you who've done both, would you say the experiences were at all comparable?

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[youresovein]

I didn't say it wasn't worth it.

Tell me about them?

[extremeteenbible]

Sure! Mavis is, uh. Well she's not my kid, technically, but I've basically adopted her since I'm married to her mom. She's quiet, bookish. But there's a spirit in her that'll come out once she gets older, I can tell.

Mookie is younger. He's just my spitting image! He's a little reckless still, but he's only a kid. He throws himself into everything head first, one hundred an' ten percent. He's a little ball of hyperactivity with a few missing teeth but he's my boy!

[youresovein]

[ Absolutely charmed! ]

They sound like they balance each other out perfectly. You're a lucky man.

[extremeteenbible]

Yeah. They're good kids.

[ He smiles fondly for a minute, then clears his throat and asks, ] What about you? Got any little ones?

[youresovein]

One. She's here. Her name is Claudia.

[extremeteenbible]

Oh, Claudia! We've met. She's a firecracker, that girl of yours. Got a good head on her shoulders.

[youresovein]

A firecracker?

[ The curious amusement is clear in his voice. ]

Now that's a turn of phrase I haven't heard before. I love it! What does that mean, that she's small and potentially explosive?

[extremeteenbible]

Yeah, you could say it that way. It means she's a bright young thing, and whip-smart to boot.

[youresovein]

Ah, cleverness she has in spades. Sometimes I think if she were only a bit older, she wouldn't need me at all.

[extremeteenbible]

Ahhh... [ prolonged Dad Sigh (tm tm tm). ] Such is the way of raising kids.