mun has clearly lost her mind

[spiritofthe21st]

Given my lives? Yeah, I'd agree.

But...how's about you get me some smokes and we talk this out?

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[spiritofthe21st]

Owww!

Dad, quit. [Fine, she muttered but centered an redirected the power flowing through her until the light faded out like a hazy halo.]

Eight and a half.

[nightbringer]

[ Fine, fine, he's going to let go, especially since she's actually behaving now. ]

Means that I can still do this.

[ A grin, and he pokes her on the nose. ]

[spiritofthe21st]

[Ohhh he is getting all the 'just bit a lemon' squish face right now.]

Daaaaaad, quit!

[nightbringer]

You're not being very convincing right now. [ Just matter-of-fact. ]

Less like our fearless leader than the little kid for whom I changed diapers.

[ And he's grabbing her into a headlock again. Except- well- it's more like a hug, really. Especially with how his hand seems to have found her shoulder and is gripping tight, pressing her against his chest.

... Yeah, he's seen her conversation with Apollo, alright. ]

[spiritofthe21st]

[She was still squirming, but it was just a token resistance, and she was kinda hugging back, a bit.]

Well I've been stuck in the back of someone's head waiting. Ya know Sparks was there too, but I don't think she's coming here.

[nightbringer]

[ Both the squirming and the hugging back is softening his grin, turning it into a more sincere smile rather than a bloodthirsty thing.

Still, he snorts again. ]

You know what's weird about this whole thing? [ Pause. ] There's a Sparks in this woman's head too. I've never seen her, but I know that she's not coming out here either.

[spiritofthe21st]

[Well, brat as she might be she has good reason to love her dads. They put up with a lot.]

Not surprising. [Shrug] She's me, and I'll be the next me. Newer, cooler, better but still me. So who wouldn't want me up there? [A gentle tap to that masked head]

[nightbringer]

[ Don't be an idiot; this has nothing to do with 'putting up with' you. You're their girl, and that's all that matters.

He cocks his eyebrow. ]

Maybe the bit 'bout there being two of Sparks existing at the same time. [ Just a little bit dry.

Then, more soberly: ] You're not her, you know.

[spiritofthe21st]

I am her, and I'm me. [That meant she had a responsibility and in a way a destiny. Her job was to ensure that things didn't go off the rails in her time. And sooner or later she'd die doing it, maybe she had her full term, maybe she didn't. But if she didn't the whole place was in deep. It's a lot to take on your shoulders when your born.]

But mainly I'm me, and I have a family.

[nightbringer]

[ Well. That's a hell of a thing to say, and Midnighter knows exactly what she means. And he's laughing - a low chuckle - as he shakes his head. ]

I'd say that Apollo and I grabbed you and raised you for the sake of the century, but that'd be lying. And I don't do that.

[ Both the 'for the greater good' and the 'lying' bit.

Nose boop. ]

'sides, you'll do fine, girlie. Better than the rest put together, probably.