[He lets out a laugh, a big one, full and delighted, as she must have known he'd be.]
Just don't let Lua hear you say that, yo, all right? She'd totally kick my ass. It's bad enough that she's gotta leave us here unsupervised every so often.
[It is, of course, a joke, but only mostly; he might be more mature now (and, to be honest, the most overprotective dad on the block), but that doesn't mean he doesn't still have a pile of cartoons or a stack of video games with her name on it. Speaking of...]
I'll figure out the space thing. You can sleep in Mikey's room, probably. [He hesitates.] ...Arya's room.
[Not Cat's. Not if she doesn't want to be anymore. He's been stubborn about the name thing for years now -- he met her as Cat, grew to love her as Cat, and that's how she's stayed all this time. If she's finally ready to be Arya for real, though, he can't take that away from her.]
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Just don't let Lua hear you say that, yo, all right? She'd totally kick my ass. It's bad enough that she's gotta leave us here unsupervised every so often.
[It is, of course, a joke, but only mostly; he might be more mature now (and, to be honest, the most overprotective dad on the block), but that doesn't mean he doesn't still have a pile of cartoons or a stack of video games with her name on it. Speaking of...]
I'll figure out the space thing. You can sleep in Mikey's room, probably. [He hesitates.] ...Arya's room.
[Not Cat's. Not if she doesn't want to be anymore. He's been stubborn about the name thing for years now -- he met her as Cat, grew to love her as Cat, and that's how she's stayed all this time. If she's finally ready to be Arya for real, though, he can't take that away from her.]