#5

[lookjustlike]

[Voice/Apartment action]

[muffled] Hey, don't--put that down!  Come back here and--what are you eating?  [speaking into the device] So, um, I don't have younger siblings or anything and I like kids but...I could really use some babysitting tips right now. [Quietly to himself while turning off device, with sounds of mayhem in the background] Oh, god, why....

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[inmyothertights]

Is my mom going to get us? You're awfully nice for a kidnapper.

[Pause]

Peanut butter and jelly?

[lookjustlike]

You're going to go home later. Also, I'm not a kidnapper. And I can definitely make peanut butter and jelly.

[inmyothertights]

...and can I have a soda?

[lookjustlike]

You can have milk or juice.

[The last thing Teddy needs today is a small child on a sugar high.]

[inmyothertights]

Juice, please.

[Mom doesn't let him have sodas, either, :|]

[lookjustlike]

Juice it is.

[He pours a glass of orange juice.]

So Billy, do you like superheros?

[inmyothertights]

[He squirms a little]

Yes, they're so cool, I wanna be one when I grow up.

[lookjustlike]

[smile]

Maybe you will be. I have a feeling you'd be really good at it.

[inmyothertights]

Really?

My mom says that it's okay to have fantasies as long as they have a productive outcome and they're carefully de...linerated from reality.

[lookjustlike]

Your mom uses a lot of big words.

I always wanted to be a superhero, too. I think it's a pretty good thing to want.

[inmyothertights]

I don't always understand what she means.

[lookjustlike]

You're not the only one.