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[When Parker had heard there was a new teleporter malfunction, she'd been thrilled. Turning into a shark had been awesome, so ever since Rookie's announcement that they were acting up again, she's been hopping back and forth through the teleporters, just waiting for something exciting to happen

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[selfgovernance]

[TEAMDAD TO THE RESCUE.]

Miss, you're a sight too young to go to jail, yes? Everything will be all right. Is there an adult there with you?

[oh my god so many babbies babbies errywhere. DIS TELEPORTER ISSUE............

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[wearesharker]

[uh oh.

She tenses up immediately at the sight of an adult, especially an adult asking questions like that.]

I don't need an adult.

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[selfgovernance]

[O-oh. WELL.]

I didn't mean to imply that you did, my dear. Forgive me if that's how it seemed.

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[wearesharker]

[...oh. Is he not going to...try to take her away then?

She relaxes, just a fraction.]

Good.

Because...I don't.

[DECISIVE NOD. As soon as Kelly finds her, they'll go back home, and no, she definitely doesn't need any adults at all.]

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[selfgovernance]

[a-all the daddy-instincts.]

Well, there's nothing wrong with being self-sufficient. Do you mind my asking why you're concerned about the police, however?

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[wearesharker]

[Well...since you ask.]

Yes.

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[selfgovernance]

[FUU LIMITED TELEPATHY.............]

Then I won't, all right?

[... pause, and then.]

I'm Charles.

[BRIGHT FRIENDLY LOOK?]

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[wearesharker]

[SOLEMN NOD and no change of expression whatsoever.]

Hello, Charles.

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[selfgovernance]

Though you may of course call me whatever you wish. So long as it isn't Charlie.

[mock-shudder.]

video; just wait til logan gets here, *chuck*

[wearesharker]

[Congratulations, Charles. That playful shudder has earned you the tiniest of tiny smiles.]

Is there someone else named Charlie that you don't like?

[...because why else would you mind.]

video; don't make him make you teach art, logan.

[selfgovernance]

Oh, not at all. But it sounds a little... well, silly, don't you think?

[the least serious of expressions. yeah he's totally being playfully self-deprecating, here.]

video; I'm the best there is at what I do...and what I do is watercolors.

[wearesharker]

[The smile is growing, slightly.]

But you said I could call you whatever I wanted.

What if I called you something even sillier?

video; Meanwhile you spend the rest of your life thinking you are a girl in a tutu.

[selfgovernance]

[TOTALLY AGHAST AS IF THIS COULD NOT HAVE POSSIBLY OCCURRED TO HIS OXFORD-EDUCATED BRAIN...]

You could come up with something sillier than Charlie? You know, I think I'd have to see it to believe it. Well, hear it, as the case may be.

[FOLDING HIS ARMS. THIS IS A GAUNTLET THROWN.]

video; Just don't let Kaylee braid his hair.

[wearesharker]

[And now that smile is definitely there, one hand creeping up to hide a giggle.]

What about...

[okay it's crunch time she can think of a name sillier than Charlie, she has to]

...Mr. Squiggles?

video; you know that's the first thing on the list.

[selfgovernance]

[And Charles just. Stares at her. Completely overwhelmed by this horrendously silly name.]

Well. It seems you've given me cause to eat my words. Brava, my dear. Mr. Squiggles it is.

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[wearesharker]

[She likes you, Charles.

She grins, beaming with pride. Really, she's too old for all of this, but it's been a long time since she's had anyone to really play with.]

I won't call you that if it's too silly, though. You can be Charles if you want.

[The queen is granting you a boon.]