… Will you be a good one? I hope you can. Promise you won’t drink in front of them? Promise you won’t let it turn you into a monster? Promise you won’t use them when you need something to hurt? Promise you won’t sell them off for pieces of paper that mean nothing?
[ money or paper, it all burns the same in the end. ]
...you know Cain, so you gotta know I can't make promises at all. But I'm not gonna half-ass bein' a dad. My mom was a great mom, and I helped take care of all of my nieces 'n nephews, so I know what a good parent takes. No drinking in front of 'em, no being an asshole to 'em, no using 'em for hurting nor selling.
[Basically, restating Yoru's worries without making promises.
He pauses, considering something.]
...might not have a dozen kids in 15 years like Mom did. That was a lot for her.
Yeah, two or three is a good number. My dad had so many because he wanted a wizard kid to live out the centuries with him, but then he went and died before I was even an adult. I don't care if my kids are human or wizard, I'll love 'em regardless.
Well...he was good to me, but ignored my human siblings. If I had grown up around him, I might've turned out the same way. Then I wouldn't have met Nero or anyone else.
So...I dunno. I do miss him, but I like the life I have now.
It depends. If both parents are wizards, then the kid'll be a wizard too. But my mom was a human, and most of the time a wizard and a human will have a human kid.
[As for the rest...Brad just rubs at the back of his neck.]
Mom 'n my brothers 'n sisters were all human, and they lived normal human lives. They all passed away before I was 100.
...I lived through burying my mom and my siblings. And their kids, and their grandkids, and great-grandkids. I know it's not the same as losing your own kid, but I think I'm better prepared than most are.
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… Will you be a good one? I hope you can. Promise you won’t drink in front of them? Promise you won’t let it turn you into a monster? Promise you won’t use them when you need something to hurt? Promise you won’t sell them off for pieces of paper that mean nothing?
[ money or paper, it all burns the same in the end. ]
You don’t want them to end up like me.
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[Basically, restating Yoru's worries without making promises.
He pauses, considering something.]
...might not have a dozen kids in 15 years like Mom did. That was a lot for her.
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[ some things are worth the risks. ]
… Two seems like a good number.
[ fifteen is… a lot. ]
A big one and a little one. They’ll never be lonely that way.
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Yeah, two or three is a good number. My dad had so many because he wanted a wizard kid to live out the centuries with him, but then he went and died before I was even an adult. I don't care if my kids are human or wizard, I'll love 'em regardless.
[He won't be like his shitty dad.]
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So...I dunno. I do miss him, but I like the life I have now.
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You say… human… so wizardry is by chance? Wait, do your human siblings live as long?
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[As for the rest...Brad just rubs at the back of his neck.]
Mom 'n my brothers 'n sisters were all human, and they lived normal human lives. They all passed away before I was 100.
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[ he’s lost his entire family. ]
But it sounds like they’re still in your heart. Even when you’re in your thousands, I hope you don’t forget.
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[Even hundreds of years after they passed, he still loves them dearly.]
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Bradley, will you… be able to live through the heartbreak of losing a human child?
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Mm… I think I underestimated you. Should I apologize?
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