man

[crittersheep]

WHO: lily
WHERE: lily
WHEN: day 63-64 catchall post

[MAN]

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[mykidisthebest]

[hesitates for too long]

I'd have to think about it. There's a lot of stuff I could wish for. It's hard to choose just one thing, you know?

[endsjustified]

It is.

I know you'll pick something interesting, though.

[mykidisthebest]

[shakes his head]

The things I want are pretty mundane. They might not be exciting to anyone but me.

What about you? Do you have anything you want to wish for?

[endsjustified]

I know what I'll wish for.

I think...I won't jinx it, though.

[mykidisthebest]

Keep it a surprise. It'll give us both something to look forward to.

[there's a little bittersweetness to it, given how Styx just got carried off]

[endsjustified]

I'll do that, then.

[a soft sigh, like he heard that thought]

Do you want to know what you look like?

[mykidisthebest]

What I--look like?

[reaches a hand up to flatten his hair. does he have bedhead,,]

[endsjustified]

[oops]

With the connections, I mean.

[mykidisthebest]

[keeps combing his fingers through his hair now that he's thinking about it]

Oh! Right. Sure. I figured if my ties to the pasture had faded you would have told me.

[endsjustified]

Mm. Not at all.

[since Lethe's like right there he just makes the strings appear on him tbh]

[mykidisthebest]

[oh that's so many tangles]

Wow.

[endsjustified]

[mood]

You're fine.

[mykidisthebest]

[laughs weakly]

My kids are going to be upset with me.

[endsjustified]

Oh?

[mykidisthebest]

For staying so long.

[gestures to the tangled threads]

But they know what I'm like. I hope they won't take it personally.

[endsjustified]

I could explain to them, if that makes it easier.

[does not seem daunted by the potential wrath of superpowered baby gods]

[mykidisthebest]

[his kids are very well behaved and wouldn't hurt a fly]

Hmm...it might. They'd probably want to meet you either way.

[endsjustified]

What do you think their opinion will be?

[mykidisthebest]

[actually thinks this over, an amused smile spreading across his face as he tries to picture it]

I think they'll like you. Prepare for things to be chaotic.

[endsjustified]

Oh, no.

[he doesn't actually sound like he minds.]

[mykidisthebest]

[oh no he's beaming]

I promise they don't bite. They'll just have a lot of questions to ask you.

[endsjustified]

What kind of questions, exactly...

[mykidisthebest]

No idea. Probably the normal stuff? Where you're from, what it's like there, questions about your family.

[endsjustified]

Are they at that curious stage where every question one answers begets a 'but why'?

[mykidisthebest]

No, they're really mature for their age. They look pretty young, and they're even younger than they look, but they're past the developmental stage where they'd constantly ask questions like that.