the earth has music for those who listen
"Your parents are really clever," Mateo remarks without thinking about it, scooping his snow up into one 'parent'. "My dads still make loads of mistakes, sometimes the same one twice a day!" As for how he knows, Mateo grins brightly at his friend. "Because," he says confidently, "they're married, but my dad had kids with someone else. And if they wanted more themselves, they could have just done it the same way they made me. So it had to be accidental."
He's clearly working on the taller, father-like snow-parent, because he has to stand up on his toes to mould the shape, only for Everest to make it weird again. In the coming years Mateo will very much come to appreciate this about his brotherfriendperson, but right now he pulls a face and shakes his head. "Ew, no," he says. "I was just gonna give this one a tie. It's what my pa does when he wants to take my dad out somewhere special."
He's clearly working on the taller, father-like snow-parent, because he has to stand up on his toes to mould the shape, only for Everest to make it weird again. In the coming years Mateo will very much come to appreciate this about his brotherfriendperson, but right now he pulls a face and shakes his head. "Ew, no," he says. "I was just gonna give this one a tie. It's what my pa does when he wants to take my dad out somewhere special."
