You want a big family? You can have this one; see how long you last. You bicker more than anything else. Working with them sucks. Your "Dad" critiques everything you do. [Looks away.] ...Have someone to call when you get in a sticky situation, though.
[ they laugh when he does, playfully batting at him with the edge of it. ]
Well. Some of that's familiar. [ aquila daddy issues last name. ] Do a lot of bickering with the family I do have. But the backup must be nice. Where do you fall in your family, in terms of age?
[WAH. He sort of swats a bit at it as it unfairly attacks him in retaliation.]
Second oldest. [There is no reason for him to sound this proud. None.] Unless you count Babs. Then I'm third oldest. But she isn't adopted, so I'm second oldest.
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["Why is the Dad in quotes, Jason?" He will not call Bruce his Dad unironically........right now.]
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[ aquila is
the last person on god's green earth who is allowed to joke about daddy issues ]
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Kinda rude. Maybe I'm really well-adjusted. [He's not!!! Well, he is when I lobotomized his trauma away.] It's a big family, so we split the issues.
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anyway they look curious, tilting their head. ] Mmn. Big family...?
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Yeah. There are about, I don't know, ten of us. Give or take a few who aren't legally required to show up to family get-togethers.
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aquila whistles, like a daaamn whistle. ] Shit, yeah. What're a group of bats, a cauldron?
Never really had a big family. Might be nice.
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You want a big family? You can have this one; see how long you last. You bicker more than anything else. Working with them sucks. Your "Dad" critiques everything you do. [Looks away.] ...Have someone to call when you get in a sticky situation, though.
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Well. Some of that's familiar. [ aquila daddy issues last name. ] Do a lot of bickering with the family I do have. But the backup must be nice. Where do you fall in your family, in terms of age?
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Second oldest. [There is no reason for him to sound this proud. None.] Unless you count Babs. Then I'm third oldest. But she isn't adopted, so I'm second oldest.
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[ they push the wing annoyingly into his hand then, more obnoxious than anything else. ]