[The feed opens in a decidedly innocent fashion. It's jauntily wobbling back and forth as its holder walks, and the screen is filled by a big blue :D face, backed by an even bluer sky. ... And the occasional waving green tips from the sand dunes he's passing. Yes, Butch the Quagsire is on the beach, waddling happily down to the shore with Heather's
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Hello, dear.
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Claudia Wolf. I'll remember that.
[She pulls back enough so that they're looking at each other face to face.]
... You have family here. Not just your father - all of us. We're always with you. What this woman has done, what you may have done to her... the only thing that matters now is you. And we love you. I love you very much.
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... I know.
All things... considered, I'm a pretty lucky person.
Back home, Dad and I never had a family.
[She doesn't say 'I love you' back... at least not out loud. But Minnie can probably get her meaning anyway.]
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Luck? Luck has nothing to do with it. You're a wonderfully kind and fun girl, and there's no doubt you got your delightful traits from your father. You and he have earned this family. We like you, and we're not letting you go or get in harm's way.
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[Heather smiles faintly.]
... No, luck has a lot to do with it...
Lot've people better than me don't have what I have.
S'just... life.
... Dad's earned it, though.
He's the best person I know.
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