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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:53 pm
"I will have to hollow out several more rooms for all the chambers we will have for our children." He took her hoof as they went back to the dinning room. "And perhaps we could talk your grandmother into making us one of those machines she used to heal me. I can see that something of that nature would be quite handy with little ones."
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:08 pm
"I want one just to take care of you..." she said regarding him quietly. "You...are very attached to this idea?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:11 pm
"You are usually quite happy when we discuss this topic. I want you to be happy, so I adopt the idea and find ways to make myself happy with it. It grows on me each time we discuss it, though, which greatly helps."
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:21 pm
"You do not need to feel like you must do this," she said softly.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:54 pm
"I do not feel as if I must do this. I want very much to do this. I have no family, had no parents, I would like very much to be something in a child's life."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:08 pm
"I think you would do well as a father," she said.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:28 pm
"Really? I am scared I would blunder terribly..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:34 pm
"How could you?" she asked. "You're caring, doting upon me..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:39 pm
"But are there not so many ways to go wrong with a child? The right things to say or do do not come as easily to me as they do you..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:43 pm
"Love them," she said softly. "And you will know what to do. But you do not have to worry about that for some time."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:47 pm
"No...I suppose I don't..." He sighed, "And it isn't as if I'll be alone...I will have my partner to aid me and give me advice. That is a great comfort."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:54 pm
"You would do well," she said again. "Of that I have no doubt."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:08 pm
"Only because I have you to work with." He smiled and picked up two more chairs. "You do tend to make things easier."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:33 pm
She took the chairs from him, "You give me too much credit..."
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:38 pm
He picked up the last two chairs, "I do not give you enough credit. I should be wandering from herd to herd singing your praises."
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