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[tinkerberry]

[ backdated maybe a day or two because LOL NAKED DAY. Rachel knocks on one of the doors at the inn and expectantly waits for an answer. ]

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[trollinginthe]

I'm not leaving. — I don't think I'm leaving.

[immediately stands, distracting himself by straightening some things out in the room.]

And anyway, it's not like I'm exactly your Jesse.

[tinkerberry]

I've never really gotten behind the whole my Jesse or your Rachel thing. I mean, you're Jesse. Different than the one I was used to, yes, but there is only one person who would teach their pseudo-child an elaborate dance routine based on roller skates.

[trollinginthe]

[purses his lips for a moment, clearly irritable as he fiddles with sort of cleaning.]

Then in that case, she happens to be your pseudo-child as well, you know.

[tinkerberry]

[ in the middle of taking off the last skate ]

She's what?

[trollinginthe]

You know those science projects some people have, to teach them how to raise a child or to gauge how long it would take before someone unceremoniously broke whatever was being used as a stand-in for said child? When you were here before — or whatever — I had one with you. It was some kind of cosmic camp joke in general. And she hatched out at the end of it.

[tinkerberry]

Oh, no.

I've been a terrible mother.

[trollinginthe]

You didn't know until two minutes ago.

[tinkerberry]

I should have felt it in my soul, Jesse.

[trollinginthe]

It is why she likes you so much.

[tinkerberry]

She has my eyes.

[trollinginthe]

I wouldn't go that far.

[tinkerberry]

Her eyes are vaguely like mine.

[trollinginthe]

She's a Pokemon, Rachel.

[tinkerberry]

Pikachu sort of looked like the kid with the hat. They both have stuff on their cheeks.

[trollinginthe]

. . .

Of course.

[tinkerberry]

[ coos at Snow ]

[trollinginthe]

[yaaaaaaawns.]

[tinkerberry]

So, any other children I need to know about?

[trollinginthe]

She's an only child.

[tinkerberry]

[ puts a hand to heart ]

I feel her pain.

[trollinginthe]

No, no, she's quite fortunate. Since I've had nothing else to focus on or really inspire me to do anything else, she's had almost all of my attention.

[tinkerberry]

That is exactly what happened with my dads.

[trollinginthe]

It's not so bad.

[tinkerberry]

Well, I grew up perfectly fine that way.

[trollinginthe]

See? There you go.