Daddy

A/N: Hey, yah, it's me. I should be working on my other stories, but this one here was screaming to be written. Plus, it'll be updated only once a year around the same date, so it isn't too time consuming. Hope you all enjoy! OH- And to make up for 'lost time', there shall be long chapters...

Disclaimer: I own no one but my OCs.

I dedicate this story to my own father who was not only the one to introduce me to the Jak and Daxter games, but the one to encourage me to write and be myself.

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I love my daddy.

He's a very kind man, an' he never hurts anyone just because they looked at him all funny 'n stuff.

He makes me laugh when I'm sad, an' he tells me lots about my family tree when I can't sleep. Daddy's a happy man, but when he feels sad, I feel sad.

Sometimes daddy leaves the house for days an' I get all freaked out an' mommy says I scream an' cry an' thrash an' scratch until I get all wore out, an' then I do it all over again lots of times until daddy finally comes home. The men in white call it a sepr'ation thingy, but they can't be trusted. The men in white are bad bad men. They let my little sis'r die! Mommy says the men in white are good guys, but I don't believe her...

Mommy's brother is a bad man an' he sends my cousin to a far-away school so he don't have to see her.

Uncle isn't a very good daddy.

Daddy also has a brother. He's my favoritest uncle. His name is Vin, an' uncle Vin is a really funny guy. He gets all a'scared an' he panics when cousins Aaron and Erin touch his flashy-things.

Uncle Vin hasn't told my cousins about the family tree, so my cousins are a'scared of me.

Uncle's not a very smart daddy...

Daddy tells me that his daddy wasn't a good man, that grampa used to hurt people an' smack 'em around a lot. People would let him do it too. Daddy said that grampa would take whatever he wanted from anyone an' they'd just sit by an' let him do it.

Daddy says that grampa was a really bad man, an' he was a worse daddy.

Grampa is a really bad dad.

When I hug daddy an' tell him he's the bestest daddy in the world, he looks at me all sad an' says he isn't, an' I tell him he is. He looks at me all funny, an' I just giggle an' say that he wouldn't have friends an' family an' a son an' a wife an' a daughter if he wasn't the bestest.

Daddy always smiles aft'r I say that, an' it makes me happy.

I love my daddy.

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I love my papa.

He might be afraided a lot, but papa is really funny when he isn't as afraided. Papa gets a'scareded a lot, an' it's funny to watch him jump like a kangarat.

Mama says papa is like that because of somethin' with his family, but she won't say what. When I try to ask papa, he always looks nervous an' starts bitin' his fingers...

Sometimes papa works all night long, an' sometimes he won't come back from work 'til a whole month passed! Papa worries sis'er an' me an' mama when he does that, but he's helping the king an' the city, so it's okay...

Mama's got a brother who's a papa. He doesn't know it, but he has a little girl my age. Uncle isn't in Haven, an' he won't tell us where he is.

Uncle isn't a good papa.

Papa has a brother who's a papa too- Uncle Alix. Uncle Alix is kinda scary. He has two babies younger than sis an' me, an' he love them lots. He even takes time off of work for them. But uncle Alix also talks with papa in hush-y voices 'bout how my lil'est cousin isn't right an' isn't healthy. He says she won't make it to my age...

Uncle isn't a pos'tive papa...

My papa doesn't talk about grampa at all. He tells me that it's better I don't know him, that he wasn't a good man.

Grampa is a bad papa...

I watch my papa from a distance when he works, an' I scare the livin' daylights outta him when I hug his knee. He smiles when I laugh an' he picks me up an' hugs me. I tell him he's the bestest papa in the world an' he smiles an' says thank you, an' then he lets me watch 'im work!

I love my papa.

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I love my dad.

Dad is a serious man, but he's really nice and funny when he's with me and mom. He's got lots of funny stories he tells me, and he teaches me fun things!

Mom says dad is only serious 'cause he's a important man and 'cause he was raised that way. Mom also says that dad's job will be my job too, which is super neat! I always wanted to sit on the big chair like dad...

Sometimes dad will come home from work and be upset about things people say and do at th' meetin's, and other times he'll be mad and mom will make me leave th' room 'til dad's all better...

Mom only has a sister, and dad's got no one, so I don't have an uncle that was their brother...

But my aunt has kids, and they have a dad, so I have an uncle.

Uncle is a nice man, but he likes bad things. He burnt my cousin up th' leg, and he almos' blew up th' house...

Uncle isn't a safe dad...

Sometimes I'll wander in t'dad's office and watch him work on his work and I'll smile 'cause I'll be just like him someday.

I love my dad.

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I love my daddy!

Daddy's a really nice dad, but he looks really sad sometimes. He does lots for the people of th' city, an' they all love him, but daddy still looks sad.

No one will tell me why dad gets sad, an' dad jus' shrugs it off when I ask.

Sometimes daddy'll go off into the Wase'lands an' not return for days. Sometimes dad'll sit 'round th' palace an' be sad 'bout his sad-thing...

I don't know if I have an uncle. Dad doesn't talk about his fam'ly, an' I don't know about mama.

My mama isn't here...

My friend knows daddy from when she was little, but she can't talk. She always looks sad when I ask about my fam'ly an' says she'll tell me when 'm older.

She's a good friend.

When the rain falls, I sit with daddy an' watch an' hug him an' smile when he smiles.

...I love my daddy.

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A/N: ...I have a feeling I'm going to be killed for the four different sections of first-person, child-like dialogue. Yah, it's four different kids and their views on their fathers. That's what this story is. Only ONE is a cannon character, and you have to find them. It'll be easy once I venture farther in... NEXT YEAR! Read and Review, and I'll see you later!