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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 11:12:07 GMT -5
"I cannot see how one can tell the difference," *he said, almost fuming.* "Infants seem to require rather a lot, with very little to give in return."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 11:12:41 GMT -5
"She's only two weeks old!"
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 11:32:16 GMT -5
*Erik blinked at Megan, uncomprehending.*
"Don't you find it somewhat inconvenient, biologically? Cats do not require this much attention; foals walk minutes after birth. It seems bloody unfair, for people to need so much."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 15:28:22 GMT -5
"People are also more advanced."
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 15:45:55 GMT -5
"In some respects," *he admitted.* "But all things considered, I'd rather have been born a cat."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 15:46:27 GMT -5
Megan looked at him for a long moment.
"I can see that," she said finally.
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 15:48:23 GMT -5
"Well then."
*Erik began pacing again.*
"Erik just doesn't know what's expected of him! Two children, when I desired none at all. Two--three--beings dependent upon me..."
And none of them her.
"Does it... need things? Things I must provide?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 15:51:39 GMT -5
"Well, you are her father..."
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 16:29:37 GMT -5
*Erik growled in frustration.*
"Erik is aware of that fact," *he said dryly.* "But I have no notion of what those things might be. So you must tell me."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 16:56:04 GMT -5
"Well, when she gets older and starts walking, she'll probably want you to play with her."
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 16:59:51 GMT -5
"Play?"
*Erik's forehead wrinkled in consternation.*
"In what manner?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 17:02:18 GMT -5
"Bounce her on your knee, play Flying Baby... That kind of thing."
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 17:05:47 GMT -5
*Very little that Megan said made sense these days.*
"Bouncing and flying? Erik was under the impression that infants were far more fragile than that. Or am I to assume you mean these things figuratively? As a kind of... pretend?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Sept 5, 2007 17:07:17 GMT -5
"Flying Baby is when you pick her up and kind of gently swoop her through the air. Most babies love it, although it'll be a couple months before you can do it."
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Post by Erik on Sept 5, 2007 17:12:10 GMT -5
*Erik nodded, filing this away.*
"Is it your opinion, as a mother, that such games will alter the course of the child's development? Would, for example, Erik's life have been different if my father had swooped me through the air?"
*He wondered what that meant for Julian, who was just born but not at all a child.*
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