Chapter 6
The Man on the TV
Ruby woke me up, "Dad, Dad, Dad."
"Sweetie, what's wrong?" I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
"There's a man on the TV." She said.
"Metz?" I asked.
"I dunno. Tersly is talking to him." She sat on Tersly's side of the bed.
"Stay right there." I got dressed and led Ruby back to the living room. She hid behind me.
"Hello, Montehue." Guggenheim greeted.
"We can't go on any missions right now. I can't leave Ruby." I told him.
"No, that's not it. I've sent you some copies of powers you might like to teach her. Technically, you're on paternity leave right now." He told me.
"Oh." I said.
"I'll leave you to it now. Good day and I hope you like what I sent." He hung up.
I opened my Holotome and opened the new notification I had. He had sent several common spells like Hyperstride and Breakspell, but then there were unusual and rare ones like Stopglue and, uh, Thoughtspecter? Why would he send us this power? Why would he send such a variety? Ruby was on her tip toes, trying to read it better.
"Dad, what's Stopglue?" She asked.
"We'll look at it after breakfast, ok? I need my coffee. Some of these aren't for beginners." I closed it and we went to the kitchen.
"Ok." She and Tersly sat at the table. Tersly wanted toast for breakfast. I made them their food and we ate. It was nice having everyone together. We glanced at the powers and Ruby chose some she wanted to learn first. The museum opened at 9 so we had to half an hour. Ruby would play with her toys or something. I think we need to get her a phone soon. We should probably check on Ruby a little more through the day, too.
We worked and it went on like normal except for the kids that knocked over drinking glasses in the gift shop. I sighed as I cleaned up the broken glass. I try my best to childproof the shop, but the little snots keep finding ways around it. Ruby is a good girl. She wouldn't play around breakables.
She greeted me happily when I came to get her for dinner. It made me feel better. Tersly and I made hamburgers. Ruby wanted a cheeseburger so I got her a slice of cheese and let it melt a bit on the warm patty. She ate two burgers and a couple cookies, not including her soda. I guess she still has that American appetite.
We had story time and then Ruby asked when I got Fenris. I told her it was a pretty recent story and maybe Dante would tell her that one. She was interested. What did Dante have to do with Fenris? She wanted to call Dante and make tell her the story, but I persuaded her not to. He needed sleep, too. She wanted a good night kiss if she couldn't have another story. I happily obliged.
