OM 6 - Contrary to popular belief...

[son_also_rises]

6 - Contrary to popular belief...

...there really is room for a second person in a Viper cockpit. Enough room, that is, if the other person isn't any older than three or four.

I was three and a half the first time I saw space from behind something thinner than the Galactica's windows, the first time I even saw the old battlestar from the outside

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[halftoastergirl]

You're so lucky.

[son_also_rises]

And I suppose Basic Flight was the first time you'd ever set foot in a Raptor.

[halftoastergirl]

Well... no.

But you got to be in a Viper.

[son_also_rises]

Yeah, and Mom made sure I never even got near one until we get to 'em in Basic.

[admiral_adama]

I had it easier than your father did, thankfully.

He lowers his voice to a confidential murmur.

When I took him and your uncle Zak up for their first times, it was much easier to keep it from your grandmother.

[son_also_rises]

Yeah, it's not like she was sitting in CIC, wondering what the unscheduled launch was all about. Although Dad probably shouldn't have let me answer the wireless.

What were they like, when they were that age? Or my age?

[admiral_adama]

That was a tactical miscalculation, yes.

He chuckles softly.

At three or four, they were typical little boys. Curious, getting into everything, testing boundaries. At eighteen ...

...well. I wasn't really around as much as I should have been, then. I was back in the fleet, spending most of my time in space, and Carolanne and I had divorced. Things were ... strained, for a variety of reasons, particularly with Lee.

At least he's learned from my mistakes.

[son_also_rises]

Wow. I guess I'm doing my boundary testing thing now.

And your son's a good father. He gives you a lot of credit for that, by the way.

[Locked]
Grandpa? You, uh, you heard about the thing that happened, right? With Hera Agathon? What should I do?

[eddie_jay]

[Locked]
Your dad is so much cooler than mine.

[son_also_rises]

[Locked]
Well, doing that was cool, yeah, but all the times I've gotten grounded way longer than anybody else when we get in trouble? Not so cool.

[eddie_jay]

[Locked]
Whatever you say, Joe. I still say it was pretty cool.

[son_also_rises]

[Locked]
Okay, I give. But it was a really long time ago.