no thank you is how it should have gone, I should stay strong
"Finch," Carlo echoes, as if repeating the older thief's name will etch it permanently into his memory. "Like the bird?" he adds helpfully, because whatever Finch believes, they really did only learn to walk a few weeks ago, and a lot of other learning besides. Reading is still a bit hit and miss (mostly because there are better and more interesting things to do than stare at letters), but understanding flora and fauna has been the sort of necessity that stops inquisitive boys from getting stung by jellyfish or trampled by a herd of ramphire.
Nodding along with Calan's explanation, as the proverbial reins are handed to him when it comes to Finch's reproductive education, he straightens a little more, like he's about to deliver a lecture. "Our dads can't have babies the normal way because they're dads, so they went to the baby garden in King's End and we were grown as flowers in a magic plant. Why, how were you made?" The last part is fired out almost like a challenge, because if there are different ways to grow babies, Carlo thinks it's important that he and his twin are aware of it.
"And if they put their things somewhere stupid," he adds to Calan's point, like doing so might add to its veracity, "then we're teaching them a good lesson by taking them." And also gaining a bag of candy, which he remembers very promptly. "Did you mean it that you were going to keep the sweets?"
Nodding along with Calan's explanation, as the proverbial reins are handed to him when it comes to Finch's reproductive education, he straightens a little more, like he's about to deliver a lecture. "Our dads can't have babies the normal way because they're dads, so they went to the baby garden in King's End and we were grown as flowers in a magic plant. Why, how were you made?" The last part is fired out almost like a challenge, because if there are different ways to grow babies, Carlo thinks it's important that he and his twin are aware of it.
"And if they put their things somewhere stupid," he adds to Calan's point, like doing so might add to its veracity, "then we're teaching them a good lesson by taking them." And also gaining a bag of candy, which he remembers very promptly. "Did you mean it that you were going to keep the sweets?"
but I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? boy oh boy I love it when I fall for that
