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Sorry for the delay. Almost done.
04. Bouncing Boy
"B-babies?" Chuck stuttered as he looked up from his vid comic and turned to the eager red-headed child.
"Yep." She clarified.
"You, wanna know, where babies come from?" Chuck wanted to be sure he heard right.
"I believe I said that, yeah." Ayla reiterated to the rubenesque Legionnaires.
"Okay then." Chuck wiped some sweat from his forehead. His cheeks were flushed tomato red with embarrassment.
"…" Ayla went, waiting for a response and hanging.
"…" Chuck went, silently, slowly blinking at the child. He opened his mouth, then closed it, unsure of what to say.
"…so…" Ayla broke the silence.
"Oh, right! Well, um, babies are… very special. They… they come from…" Chuck trailed off, making a hand motion as he tried to remember the words.
"Yes?" Ayla asked.
DING! Light-bulb!
"Santa Claus!" Chuck clapped his hands.
"What?" Ayla asked.
"Yeah! You see, up in the North Pole, Santa Claus and his elves prepare each and every baby boy, girl, or unspecified, and deliver them to worthy parents." Chuck explained, proud of his G rated answer.
"…why?" Ayla asked, unsure of what he heard.
"Huh?" Chuck asked.
Big mistake.
"Why does Santa do it? Where does he get the babies from? Do the elves make the babies? If Santa delivers the babies wouldn't that mean all babies are born on Christmas? Wouldn't we all have the same birthday? How would Santa know which baby to give to who? What does unspecified mean? How would Santa have time to deliver babies AND gifts without taking breaks? Or do the elves do it? Do they help him deliver them? Does Mrs. Claus help make all those babies?"
Ayla was going on and on and on, until Chuck, overwhelmed by her questions and the thought of fully answering it to someone her age caused him to go-
FAINT.
He fell flat on his back.
"Bouncy? Bouncy? Hello? Anyone home?" She asked, poking his side twice, then pulling open his eyelids trying to see if he was conscious.
Ayla sighed.
"I didn't want to do this, but it looks like I'm asking the floozy."
She went to look for her brother's girlfriend.