[He's gotten similar lectures before, but invariably, from mean-looking dads. And, actually, usually skipping the parts about if: there weren't a whole lot of dads back in early-2000s Albuquerque who'd been happy to find out their daughters were dating the failing loser who smoked too much pot and drew cartoons over his Fs. Getting the actual version of the lecture, the one that tacitly implies some level of approval, is new.
And getting it from a sixteen-year-old girl is definitely new. He stares at her for a second, then laughs, some of the tension in his spine fading.]
With a crochet hook, huh? That's specific. [He reaches for a saucer and uses it to stub out his cigarette, then picks the bowl back up and gets to beating the eggs.]
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And getting it from a sixteen-year-old girl is definitely new. He stares at her for a second, then laughs, some of the tension in his spine fading.]
With a crochet hook, huh? That's specific. [He reaches for a saucer and uses it to stub out his cigarette, then picks the bowl back up and gets to beating the eggs.]