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There are times when Ingress truly vexes Tom. He’s been told that this is a normal parental response. You can love a child dearly even as you want to throttle her for behaviors such as speaking to potentially dangerous strangers at Milliways despite being reminded over and over not to do so. What’s even more vexing is the fact that, unlike a normal child who could be, oh, locked in her room for her own good, there are no locks or spells that will keep an Opener child from not opening to wherever she pleases.
That’s been a problem as long as he’s known Ingress, though, so he can only hope for continued good luck and the watchful eyes of friends and staff. She is an outgoing child, he realizes, but surely she could listen to his and Door’s admonitions. Of late, their words seem to go unheeded more often, and she’s even taken to sassing back on occasion. It’s quite a shocking transformation, in his opinion, but he’s not at all sure what to do about it.
However, in this particular matter, she made a passionate, well thought out argument for knowing more about using knives and daggers. Who is Tom to stand in the way of her education? Especially when the knowledge could save her life one day?
As a result, he’ll be speaking with Havelock Vetinari as soon as he can find him. He met the fellow once, and thought him quite sensible. He has slight misgivings about an assassin teaching Ingress. These are quite slight, however, as he has nothing against assassins in general, so long as they are good with children and have otherwise upstanding characters.
It could be said that Tom’s priorities are somewhat skewed. If you said it to him as he sits at the bar in Milliways, writing a note to Havelock, he would give you a strange look indeed. And possibly hex you!
That’s been a problem as long as he’s known Ingress, though, so he can only hope for continued good luck and the watchful eyes of friends and staff. She is an outgoing child, he realizes, but surely she could listen to his and Door’s admonitions. Of late, their words seem to go unheeded more often, and she’s even taken to sassing back on occasion. It’s quite a shocking transformation, in his opinion, but he’s not at all sure what to do about it.
However, in this particular matter, she made a passionate, well thought out argument for knowing more about using knives and daggers. Who is Tom to stand in the way of her education? Especially when the knowledge could save her life one day?
As a result, he’ll be speaking with Havelock Vetinari as soon as he can find him. He met the fellow once, and thought him quite sensible. He has slight misgivings about an assassin teaching Ingress. These are quite slight, however, as he has nothing against assassins in general, so long as they are good with children and have otherwise upstanding characters.
It could be said that Tom’s priorities are somewhat skewed. If you said it to him as he sits at the bar in Milliways, writing a note to Havelock, he would give you a strange look indeed. And possibly hex you!