"I'm not one for pets. When I lived in Keyna, there was a group of cape buffalo that came around my house, I'd watch 'em from the distance, scare away anyone trying to bother 'em...I guess they counted."
Of course, there was Tanya Spears' dog, Roscoe, who had come to trust Slade, and that didn't-
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βHey, you donβt have to convince me of that second part. Iβm child-free by choice.β
Well⦠free of the ones that fall out of her body, anyway. Her daughter had been adopted.
And was now dead. Soβ¦
βCats are better. You ever had a cat? They donβt demand much. A clean litter box, decent food.β
"I didn't even mean to have my last kid. She was a...surprise. Kids are problems, super powered brats doubly so."
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βWould you be surprised to hear that this wouldnβt be the first time Iβve tracked down some stolen baby gravy?β
βHonestly, itβs like some folk get super abilities and go spraying it everywhere.β
"After I prove it's my gametes in there, I'd pay you a decent price for it. Plenty of things more valuable in the world than my swimmers, though."
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βWe donβt talk about that.β
It was better to suppress those feelings, bury them deep down.
βSo of if I didnβt find itβd youβd pay me to destroy it?β
Always the opportunist.
βStill, I do applaud a man who gets himself snipped.β
"I know what it's like to lose a child. That's exactly why I decided to never have another. It's a pain that never goes away.
If there was any vial of my genetic material lying around... nothing could stop me from destroying it."
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βI was a mother once.β
She let that hang in the air, not elaborating further.
βBut no, I just saw that there was a market for that sort of thing and thought maybe Iβd chance my luck. I suppose Iβd need a way to keep it cool.β
