Because sudden nostalgia kick

[numbuh_one]

...

...You must be joking...

Are you out of your mind? What makes you think that I would ever want to be controlled by an adult?! That would go against every principle of the Kids Next Door! Not to mention you keeping me trapped here in your...your...headspace, and using me for your ridiculous whims is just another form of adult tyranny that I would be more than happy to fight.

So we can do this the easy way, and you just forget this whole thing...or we can do this the hard way.

...What? No, I don't want you playing the spank-happy-vampire version of me! That wouldn't even make any sense! That was just a one-time thing, and we took care of that problem a long time ago!

...I don't want you playing any version of me! I just want you to let me out of here! I've got more important things to do than to sit here and entertain you...like taking care of those "centers"...Yes, like the one you work at. Oh, I know what you do...forcing kids to go to your center after school and making them do additional work. That's torture in its cruelest form.

...You know, on second thought, maybe I will stick around for a while...just to keep an eye on you. Might as well make sure you don't ruin any more children's lives...

Comments

[numbuh_one]

Is that so? And what exactly are you up to with those...teenagers? Are you showing them "the ropes"?

[lurkerwolf]

[Derek arches his eyebrow and refuses to respond to that. He won't tell some kid he don't know about his pack business.] They don't need showing. Why are you so interested?

[numbuh_one]

Because teenagers can be just as bad as adults...sometimes even worse. Having an adult teach them kid-suppressing ways just creates more problems.

[lurkerwolf]

Well, I don't. [Scowls and changed the subject.] So how come people are taught to suppress kids where you're from?

[numbuh_one]

Because there are a lot of evil adults who hate to see kids happy.

[lurkerwolf]

Then I understand. It's not the same where I am from.

[numbuh_one]

[A slight scowl.] Maybe not exactly...but no matter where you go, there are always evil adults.

[lurkerwolf]

Evil people is everywhere. That's something you have to learn. Not just adults are evil.

[numbuh_one]

...Y...Yeah...that's true...

[It's hard to admit that, though.]