How to keep a kid busy

[waterproofed]

Hey, everybody! So it looks like the castle really went all out with the kids this year, huh? If you're stuck with what to do with them, there's a pool here and I can entertain them for hours. Teach them to make toy boats or whatever. And you can't ask for a better lifeguard than me!

So if any of you need a break, just come over and drop them off with me.

Comments

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[nukeoleptic]

The castle has a pool?

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[waterproofed]

Yep. Don't think many people use it, though.

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[nukeoleptic]

I'm gonna have to start. I've missed swimming like crazy.

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[waterproofed]

Then you should definitely come by!

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[nukeoleptic]

Is it always open?

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[waterproofed]

As far as I can tell, yeah.

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[nukeoleptic]

Then I'm headed there now!

[the_effect_she_has]

How ... old do you have to be to learn how to swim? I mean. I know how old I was, but, for a child, how old do you have to be?

[waterproofed]

That depends on you. Some kids learn to swim before they learn to walk. And I'll be there the whole time; I'll control the water so the kid will be safe.

[the_effect_she_has]

Okay ... okay. Because I have to be careful with her. She's - she's all I have left, this week.

[waterproofed]

[she doesn't have to clarify; he knows she means it's Peeta's daughter]

I'll take care of her, promise. I can even keep her in a littel bubble so she breathes underwater.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She ran her fingers over her daughter's soft hair as she slept, nodding her head.]

Thank you, Percy.

[waterproofed]

No problem. I mean, I feel kinda left out. This is the fourth time I was skipped over for a kid of my own. Not that I think I'd be good at it, but... yeah.

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[both_neither]

Which pool are you at?

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[waterproofed]

There's one at this resort place where all the kids are staying.

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[both_neither]

I know the one. I'll be down in a bit..

[Off in the distance a child giggles]

Uh...once I catch him.

dictated

[waterproofed]

[Percy laughs] Good luck.

action forever

[both_neither]

[It takes some time to corral the boy and wrestle him into trunks, but eventually he shows up at the pool, holding a curly-haired boy around the age of three by the hand as he hops excitedly towards the water]

Easy there, squirt, don't fall...

[waterproofed]

[Percy is in lifeguard gear and he waves at the two]

Hey. Ready to dive in?

[dictated]

[wantsiceland]

[oh god yes please she's already halfway out the door]

Are you down there right now?

[dictated]

[waterproofed]

Yep. Just hanging out.

[dictated]

[wantsiceland]

I'll be there in five.

[dictated]

[waterproofed]

Okay. I'll just be hanging out.

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[wantsiceland]

[true to her word, Shego will show up a few minutes later, a four-year-old in tow]

Are you the babysitter?

[waterproofed]

[Percy is hanging by the pool, all the world looking like he's seriously going to be a lifeguard]

I'm just the guy hanging by the pool.