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"Mom, what was my dad like?" Leo was tinkering with some gears on the floor of his mom's workshop. He was supposed to be getting started on his science fair project, but was procrastinating as much as possible.
His mother looked up from her work – a motor that she was repairing. "Mijo, you know that you will meet your father someday, when you are ready." She reached down and ruffled his hair. "You are not yet ready."
"I know that." Leo was not ashamed that he whined a little. "I just want to know what he's like. So that I'll know it's him."
"Well…" His mother looked into his pleading eyes. "All right. I will tell you a little about him." She put down her wrench and leaned back in her seat. "Your father likes inventing and fooling around with machines…"
"Like you? And me?"
She smiled and winked at him. "Patience, mijo! Let me finish." She continued, a far-away look in her eyes. "Yes, he's a sort of engineer, like me, and maybe someday you. He'll like you when he meets you."
"He will?" Leo asked, wide-eyed. His father would like him?"
His mother just laughed. "Of course he will! He's not very good with people though, so he may seem a bit gruff at first. You must remember to be indulgent with him. Do you promise that you won't give him too hard of a time when he does appear?"
Leo nodded fervently. "Do you think he'll like my science project? It's going to be a boat, with gears that raise the sails and everything!"
Esperanza Valdez looked with pride at her son. "I'm sure he'll be very proud of it."
The next theme is "Afraid of the Dark." It's already written and contains quite a bit of Lazel (yay!). I just need to revise it a little first, and then I'll post it when I can (maybe tomorrow morning).