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[adamantined]

There's been a lot going on lately, no one's arguing that. Sometimes it feels like we don't get much of a break in terms of jumping from one insane thing to the next, whether it's good or bad. I wanted to say something about that, but something else kind of came up. Something that I feel like I should really bring to your attention

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[protects_her]

Do I have to bow down if I'm still taller than you?

[adamantined]

You could always kneel.

[protects_her]

You want me on my knees, Claire?

[adamantined]

It'd make it a lot easier to kick you in the face.

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[7thborn]

Why can't I just enlarge a bathrobe and you can sit around in that all day? Saves me the trouble of putting your entire wardrobe back to normal after midnight.

[Pause.]

And after midnight, I'll be taller than you again. So, there.

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[adamantined]

I'm not sitting around in a bathrobe all day.

[Shut up, Ginny.]

Shut up, Ginny. I don't need my entire wardrobe fixed. I just asked for a few things.

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[7thborn]

Bathrobes can be very comfortable, you know. But if you insist, lay out an outfit or something and I'll enlarge them.

[Can you hear this smirk?]

No, I won't shut up. An inch taller means a lot, as you well know.

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[adamantined]

I'm not saying they're not comfortable, but if all you... enlarge, is a bathrobe, then I'm not going to be able to do much of anything. Like play basketball.

[Pause to listen for that smirk.]

You know what means more than an inch? Eleven inches.

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[worksmart]

[There is a LONG PAUSE.]

And yet you're still suffering with small person syndrome. That could use looking into.

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[adamantined]

[Ffft.]

I don't suffer from small person syndrome. I suffer from small person jokes.

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[worksmart]

If I knew you thought of yourself as an ant, I'd never have been so cruel.

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[adamantined]

How is it you're still making short jokes when I'm taller than you? I'm going to squash you.

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[adamantined]

My ego's just fine. I'm just calling things like I see them.

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[adamantined]

In a few hours, I'll just be seeing them from the same angle I always do. Looking up. I'm just trying to enjoy this while it lasts.

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[treadingdawn]

I am still taller.

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[adamantined]

You just go away.

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[treadingdawn]

What for?

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[adamantined]

This isn't Rain on Claire's Parade Day.