[ He sighs because he kinda hates it when the other man is right. He still maintains he wouldn't be a good teacher of teenagers but he knows Charles' kids are good kids. He also has experience with younger children due to James and Phillipa. It just hurts to think about them. He can only hope Dom will take care of them and not allow history to repeat itself.
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The last kids I looked after were still being potty trained. Pretty sure I only had the patience for them because I had known them since they were born.
That despite your insistence otherwise, you don't hold these children (or others to my, forgive me, limited experience) in anything near contempt.
That you have people who trust you enough to trust you with their children, again despite protest to the contrary.
That the only thing saying no right now is you, not your experience. So there's a reason, I think, that sits deeper than the belief that wouldn't be any good at it.
[ That's... a good question. It's not really something he's thought about, resigning himself to just learning how to live in the situation they were in right now. ]
I don't know. There's not much of a reason for me to go back.
[ Mal is gone, Dom is with his kids again, and this is the first time he doesn't really have to look over his shoulder all the time. ]
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that's fine by me. ALSO I GET TO USE THIS LINE
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Teaching. You do have the skills for it.
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Not you, too. I don't. I don't have the patience for kids or teenagers.
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In terms of intelligence OR patience.
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gonna get reaaaaaal welp
You do realize this is what life is, with me?
how dare you
What? Being roped in to teaching?
[ Yeah, just gonna play dumb for a moment. ]
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You know precisely what I mean. The kids are not going away.
I'm not going to force your hand, I'm simply asking that you don't dismiss it outright.
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I just don't know what makes you - or her - think that I'm capable of teaching kids.
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[ He sees what you're doing. ]
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You care far more than you let on, and you know it as well as I do.
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The last kids I looked after were still being potty trained. Pretty sure I only had the patience for them because I had known them since they were born.
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But I can read between the lines.
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That you have people who trust you enough to trust you with their children, again despite protest to the contrary.
That the only thing saying no right now is you, not your experience. So there's a reason, I think, that sits deeper than the belief that wouldn't be any good at it.
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Had. I don't have them anymore.
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Not the same, perhaps, and believe me, I know first-hand how that never gets easier. But I trust you with mine. The point stands.
[ A pause, and then: ]
And what's to say they're not there when you find your way home?
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But I don't think there is a place for me back there.
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I realize this will likely take a miracle, but what will do you if we do actually manage to find a way back?
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I don't know. There's not much of a reason for me to go back.
[ Mal is gone, Dom is with his kids again, and this is the first time he doesn't really have to look over his shoulder all the time. ]
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