[ baby carrots for a baby bird......... please say lunchables ]
Nappy, like— tired? [ he's unused to people using more childlike vocabulary with him, and it feels weird when they do. not because he doesn't want to be treated like a child, that was silly when he was one. the problem had been the upbringing. guns instead of toys and days out in the blaring heat doing laps, or in the front lines, instead of playing with friends. he takes the cup with tentative but slowly growing enthusiasm, bringing the drink to his lips and— smiling, enough that he has to hold it in not to look so excited. ] It's like candy-!
[ in how sweet it is, sweeter even. with more certainty, he drinks another full three gulps. ]
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Nappy, like— tired? [ he's unused to people using more childlike vocabulary with him, and it feels weird when they do. not because he doesn't want to be treated like a child, that was silly when he was one. the problem had been the upbringing. guns instead of toys and days out in the blaring heat doing laps, or in the front lines, instead of playing with friends. he takes the cup with tentative but slowly growing enthusiasm, bringing the drink to his lips and— smiling, enough that he has to hold it in not to look so excited. ] It's like candy-!
[ in how sweet it is, sweeter even. with more certainty, he drinks another full three gulps. ]