( Agree to disagree. Jack just has a stronger than usual inability to let go sometimes. He's stubborn like that, and just mentally fucked up enough to accept a compelling delusion. At least, he is if it's her. )
Thanks. ( He says politely to the horrifying bones of a child. ) Just, um. Don't touch the ones with the green hats. They bite.
( It occurs to him he legitimately can't remember the last time he interacted with a child, or if he's even any good with kids. He likes them, sometimes.
...Sometimes.
The not obnoxious ones.
This one seems okay, considering she's a skeleton.
It also occurs to him that this is kind of a terrible place for a kid and... also most dogs. Other cautionary warnings start flaring up in his mind one after the other. The most pressing one: )
Also... don't go near the dumpster, the raccoons are pretty intense. Most of them are probably okay, but Rita might... ( What's the best way to put this to a kid? Probably not the way he actually does, aka bluntly blurting: ) Rita might try to eat you.
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Thanks. ( He says politely to the horrifying bones of a child. ) Just, um. Don't touch the ones with the green hats. They bite.
( It occurs to him he legitimately can't remember the last time he interacted with a child, or if he's even any good with kids. He likes them, sometimes.
...Sometimes.
The not obnoxious ones.
This one seems okay, considering she's a skeleton.
It also occurs to him that this is kind of a terrible place for a kid and... also most dogs. Other cautionary warnings start flaring up in his mind one after the other. The most pressing one: )
Also... don't go near the dumpster, the raccoons are pretty intense. Most of them are probably okay, but Rita might... ( What's the best way to put this to a kid? Probably not the way he actually does, aka bluntly blurting: ) Rita might try to eat you.