Of course I'd want you around! You're my son, or close enough! I don't think of you as a responsibility at all. If anything, it's a little selfish on my part.
I just want the people I like to be close to me. Even if you'd rather be somewhere else. Even if we're all from different worlds and won't remember this in the end.
Even if it's just for now, that's good enough. So- let me pretend a little?
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[Yes it's your dad Gerome. Sorry it's still not with your mom.]
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what.
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I have a surname now! Apparently you're supposed to trade them where he's from.
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It's not really different from at home.
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As you say!
Still, I thought you should know.
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Are you having a ceremony?
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We already did. Well, as much of one as the natives could do for us. It's about as legal as it's gonna get.
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[That probably shouldn't sound so accusatory, but there you have it.]
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[That makes it better, right.]
I haven't told anyone else.
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[Gerome is a pro at mixed messages.]
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Are you gonna move in with us?
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[Which is better than no.]
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Would you want me around? All I am to you is a reminder of responsibilities that you should not carry.
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Even if it's just for now, that's good enough. So- let me pretend a little?
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Then I'll come back. But I'll do everything I can not to, okay?
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[Er... time before last. But Gerome doesn't know about 'last time'.]
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