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[thehistorian]

[The journal is open in his hand, and of course it picks up the strangest part of the conversation at hand--]

--Doesn't this place care about any sort of natural order? Two men can't have a child, and if this is at all indicative of anything in the future, I would like to check myself into a mental asylum and also know what science has done.

[and then, a little sullenly;]

Rebecca's not even here to help babysit.

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[action]

[seventeenth]

Shuan, come on-- [Desmond shoos the kid -- Mark? -- off the bed and slides off after him.] -- I can watch the kid for however long this lasts.

[thehistorian]

You know, I'm not certain either of us would be a good influence on a child.

[seventeenth]

I can think of worse ones. [And there goes Mark, tearing into the kitchen and chattering about cereal. Desmond sighs.] Not many, though.

[thehistorian]

Lucy, she'd do fine at this-- you and me? God, the kid is going know how to hotwire a car and how many people died in the plague before he-- vanishes. If he vanishes.

[seventeenth]

No, he'll know how to put together a motorcycle, which is way harder than hotwiring cars. [Desmond stretches as he speaks, then pads out after Mark.] Hey, kiddo-- how do pancakes sound?

[thehistorian]

[Shaun leans over, after Mark agrees, and as an aside, to Desmond--] You can make pancakes, yes? I'm only good at waffles.

[seventeenth]

I make the world's best pancakes, Shaun. Don't even worry about it.

[thehistorian]

Glad to hear it. I can take care of the glass of milk.

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[psych0p0mps]

it isnt all that unnatural

[Whether that be two men having a child, or random ectobiology clones.]

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[thehistorian]

It is where I'm from, let me assure you.

[psych0p0mps]

well where im from
weve got these machines that can appearify your genetic code remotely and clone you from it
and also mix it into a slurry and make combination wigglers
thats kind of like what the castle is doing here

meep!
abllbllbllthhhht.

[... the orange bits were an interruption by her grub, if that wasn't obvious.]

[thehistorian]

That is absolutely horrifying. From my perspective, anyway. Don't they respect what's normal where we come from? Normal human genetics?

[psych0p0mps]

shaun
this is paradisa 0_0

[thehistorian]

...Right, stupid question.

[psych0p0mps]

so yeah whod you get one with

[thehistorian]

...Desmond.

[psych0p0mps]

oh! i know him
dont worry he is a cool guy

[yeah she has... no idea they know each other dkslajfdkl]

[thehistorian]

Oh no, he's already gotten to you! How far his influence must spread. [he's kidding. mostly.]

[assassino]

[Amused]

Which of you is the mother?

[thehistorian]

You know, given that neither of us are female-- neither.

[assassino]

Oh, is that how it works?

[thehistorian]

Oh, don't play coy with me.

[assassino]

Who is playing coy?

[thehistorian]

You are.

Stop it.

[cantacquityou]

Ah, I see you have been inducted into the 'Double Daddies Society'.

[thehistorian]

Oh, god, is it that common?

[cantacquityou]

Oh, from what I've seen, it isn't uncommon. I know of a fair number of fellows who are paired with other men.


[He'll just leave out the fact that most of these men tend to prefer...other men.]

[thehistorian]

Oh. Well. That's. You know, that's actually not terribly reassuring at all.

[A preference? No. Situationally? Sure, why not, Desmond's attractive enough--]

[cantacquityou]

I'd think that it would be a bit more unnerving should you have been the only one.

[thehistorian]

A bit. I can't honestly say, given how preoccupied I am with this situation.