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Hm. So less 'inherent goodness' and more 'controllable'. But I suppose one is as good as the other, if you're the sort prone to control.

[hallowedly]

Medicine is the art of control turned into survival.

[zauns]

An impressive philosophy for a veterinarian.

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Just because he's of middling standing, can't a man romanticise his profession?

[zauns]

Hmm, I suppose such a humble man deserves a bit of dignity now and then.

[hallowedly]

That's right. Look after me!

[zauns]

And who wouldn't, when you're so entertaining.

[hallowedly]

I knew you'd see my merits.

[zauns]

Indeed. I'm quite interested in getting to know you better.

[hallowedly]

I'm not sure your dear girl would agree.

[zauns]

Have you done something to earn her dislike?

[hallowedly]

Breathed wrong, I suppose.

[zauns]

If she hasn't tried to blow you up, she likely doesn't hate you that much.

[hallowedly]

Saying you've raised her well?

I wonder, just how much does she take after her mother?

victim of the dw tag black hole of 2026 rip i'm sorry

[zauns]

Her mother was good with mechanical objects as well, though not so much a genius as Jinx is. But neither she nor Jinx's father were quite so prone to finding glee in explosions - a truly unique quality.

nw dude!

[hallowedly]

...oh. I rather thought you were her father.

[zauns]

I am. She has quite a collection of them. I was a friend of her birth parents, long ago.

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I would have thought you too busy an entrepreneur to take in an orphan.

[zauns]

There were extenuating circumstances. It seemed like the appropriate thing to do.

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And you, a proper man.

[zauns]

Of course. The definition of one.

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I don't believe it was that simple. Forgive me for saying so, but you don't strike me as a person naturally disposed to fatherhood.

[zauns]

Hmm. Well, I'll tell you the story, if you tell me how you managed to create such a convincing severed finger.

[hallowedly]

Many arrivals were given new abilities here.

[zauns]

Oh, indeed. But not so many are intimately familiar with the details of such an object.