[continuations with tiny!Charles]

[mind_over_metal]

[so short and tiny and cute etc.]

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[mind_over_metal]

Mmngh.

*takes the candy bar out of his mouth with his now-free hand*

Apology accepted.

*and the sulkiness is already visibly draining away*

[godwinner]

[ holds the cup under his nose and raises his eyebrows briefly before taking a sip ]

...you haven't met Raven yet, have you?

[mind_over_metal]

I don't know who that is, so no.

*takes a sip of his own drink- pauses and gives it a little look, then just... resumes. takes another bite of his candy bar*

[godwinner]

She's your sister.

[mind_over_metal]

...I only have a brother.

[godwinner]

For now.

[mind_over_metal]

Leto said... he'd said that there would be someone.

But how- my mother's not going to have any more children.

[godwinner]

No?

[mind_over_metal]

I certainly hope not.

*siiiiiip*

[godwinner]

[ you seem to have a way of startling laughter out of him. ]

[mind_over_metal]

*for the first time in a while in this conversation, he smiles back at him*

[godwinner]

I don't know how you found each other.

[mind_over_metal]

Well, I'll take very good care of her.

[godwinner]

Perhaps she'll take care of you.

[mind_over_metal]

*with that long-suffering "don't be silly" tone that kids sometimes have to use with adults*

If I get a sister, I'm going to take care of her.

[godwinner]

What about your brother?

[mind_over_metal]

...I'm trying.

[godwinner]

That wasn't really what I meant.

[mind_over_metal]

Cain would be Cain, he doesn't really... Once he starts, he doesn't stop. He's huge.

*stretches his arms out in an illustrative "it was this big" sort of gesture*

[godwinner]

[ mild eyebrow raise ]

[mind_over_metal]

Which is kind of funny, because Kurt isn't that huge. I'm talking... massive.

*waves his arms a little for emphasis -- good thing his cup is just about empty*

[godwinner]

Kurt.

[ deftly removes the cup from Charles's hand in mid-gesture and offers his own -- which, incidentally, is still nearly full ]

[mind_over_metal]

Cain's father. My stepfather.

*takes it*

He married Mother not very long after my real father died.

[godwinner]

I see.

[mind_over_metal]

It was dumb. She shouldn't have done it.