And you've got the chance to be quite smart about it. [No pressure. Well, some pressure, but Mum's Here.] Make sure you're talking about getting all your ducks in a row as much as about whether it's a good idea. There's no-- right or wrong time, you know. Nothing like that.
Thanks, mum. [ There's a quiet for a moment because he's thinking: it's such a stupid thing he wants to say, in light of everything. He knows Ginny won't think that way, but he does. ] Sometimes when I think about it I feel scared. Like, I dunno--things are good. Things've been good. I'm just not sure where I fit in that sometimes.
It's not that, it's like... [ There's a familiar self-depreciating tone in his voice. ] I'd want them to grow up to be like Scorp, kind and understanding and gentle.
Most kids get a bit of both, you know. Which-- [she always has a mom voice, true, but time now for some Mom Voice] --is a good thing, in this case. Bits of him; bits of you.
I-- [ Noooo he is weak to the Mom Voice help. ] I won't argue. I just. Think he's a better choice for that. Getting the bits of someone's personality, I mean. [ Albus that is Still Arguing. ]
[Where does he even get this stubbornness and self-deprecation from.
Where possibly.
Her short sigh against the receiver doesn't diminish the tut in her tone.] Not something you really get to pick and choose. And not something you've got to worry about, Albus, honestly.
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Date: 2016-10-23 12:25 pm (UTC)And you've got the chance to be quite smart about it. [No pressure. Well, some pressure, but Mum's Here.] Make sure you're talking about getting all your ducks in a row as much as about whether it's a good idea. There's no-- right or wrong time, you know. Nothing like that.
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Date: 2016-10-24 02:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-24 11:22 am (UTC)Why shouldn't things be good?
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Date: 2016-10-28 05:21 pm (UTC)Where possibly.
Her short sigh against the receiver doesn't diminish the tut in her tone.] Not something you really get to pick and choose. And not something you've got to worry about, Albus, honestly.