I'm back! Everybody gets presents for being extra specially good while I was gone! I think all these chapters is a big present, but not THE big present you're all getting for Christmas.
"What am I gonna do?" Jamie tipped the chair back, head resting in his right hand.
"About what?" I asked. He had appeared in the rec. room from goodness knows where.
"Amanda. I- she left me and I don't know why and I certainly don't know what to tell Gaea." He said.
"The truth generally works." I tried to joke. He smiled grimly and shook his head.
"This is so messed up. I can tell my daughter about death and disease and junk without a thought but I can't explain divorce?" he thought out loud.
"Um, maybe that's because it's because she's only four years old." Mik was playing chess with me to get his mind off things. Over the past few days he seemed to have lightened up, but there was still a sort of gloom around him.
"She can manipulate the world. I'm permanently sane because of her. I don't think that's exactly it." Jamie replied. He was chewing on his fingernail, a nervous habit he picked up from back in his 'gaming days'.
"Maybe you're afraid she'll think it's her fault. That seems to be a common problem in your family." I said. He grinned.
"And it's usually because an alternate version of me has been ravaging the countryside and the cityside too, and somehow it affects us here." he said.
"And don't forget mixing in Saturnyne or Sat-yr-9 or which ever one of those it is." I joked.
"And a healthy dose of the Lightning Squad." Jamie continued.
"Does this mean they have children too?" Mik asked.
"I hope not." Jamie said. He had begun watching our game and had also animated the pieces.
Mik moved a pawn foward into danger from three other pieces. It moved back all on it's own and stuck it's tongue out at him. Mik moved him again but the same thing happened.
"Jamie, want to explain this?" he asked finally exasperated after seven tries.
"Sorry. I forgot to make them mindless." He replied. Mik moved it again and it stayed put. It battled a knight and lost in a very gory battle.
"That was fun." Jamie said at the end of the game.
"It was, but I think I've got blood in my fur now." Mik said. His fur had for some reason been golden.
"Aw cheer up. It's not real." Jamie said. "I wouldn't do that."
"Tawie's up! Tawie's up!" Gaea was running down the hall proclaiming that loud enough to wake the dead in China. She ran in and stopped out of breath in front of Mik. She reached her arms out trying to crawl into his lap. He picked her up using his tail.
"She is?" he asked once she got her breath back.
"Yup! Tawie's up. Weesa said to come get you." She replied.
"Who?" Both he and Jamie were confused.
"Blitz." She rarely changed her voice because it tired her out. I understood why she wouldn't say that still speaking toddler.
"Well let's go give her a fit welcome." Mik said.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Hyper hyper hyper hyper! Aw! Gaea's so cute!
"What am I gonna do?" Jamie tipped the chair back, head resting in his right hand.
"About what?" I asked. He had appeared in the rec. room from goodness knows where.
"Amanda. I- she left me and I don't know why and I certainly don't know what to tell Gaea." He said.
"The truth generally works." I tried to joke. He smiled grimly and shook his head.
"This is so messed up. I can tell my daughter about death and disease and junk without a thought but I can't explain divorce?" he thought out loud.
"Um, maybe that's because it's because she's only four years old." Mik was playing chess with me to get his mind off things. Over the past few days he seemed to have lightened up, but there was still a sort of gloom around him.
"She can manipulate the world. I'm permanently sane because of her. I don't think that's exactly it." Jamie replied. He was chewing on his fingernail, a nervous habit he picked up from back in his 'gaming days'.
"Maybe you're afraid she'll think it's her fault. That seems to be a common problem in your family." I said. He grinned.
"And it's usually because an alternate version of me has been ravaging the countryside and the cityside too, and somehow it affects us here." he said.
"And don't forget mixing in Saturnyne or Sat-yr-9 or which ever one of those it is." I joked.
"And a healthy dose of the Lightning Squad." Jamie continued.
"Does this mean they have children too?" Mik asked.
"I hope not." Jamie said. He had begun watching our game and had also animated the pieces.
Mik moved a pawn foward into danger from three other pieces. It moved back all on it's own and stuck it's tongue out at him. Mik moved him again but the same thing happened.
"Jamie, want to explain this?" he asked finally exasperated after seven tries.
"Sorry. I forgot to make them mindless." He replied. Mik moved it again and it stayed put. It battled a knight and lost in a very gory battle.
"That was fun." Jamie said at the end of the game.
"It was, but I think I've got blood in my fur now." Mik said. His fur had for some reason been golden.
"Aw cheer up. It's not real." Jamie said. "I wouldn't do that."
"Tawie's up! Tawie's up!" Gaea was running down the hall proclaiming that loud enough to wake the dead in China. She ran in and stopped out of breath in front of Mik. She reached her arms out trying to crawl into his lap. He picked her up using his tail.
"She is?" he asked once she got her breath back.
"Yup! Tawie's up. Weesa said to come get you." She replied.
"Who?" Both he and Jamie were confused.
"Blitz." She rarely changed her voice because it tired her out. I understood why she wouldn't say that still speaking toddler.
"Well let's go give her a fit welcome." Mik said.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Hyper hyper hyper hyper! Aw! Gaea's so cute!