foolishwren | 91. [Video/Action for Cianwood City]

Okay-- OKAY, OKAY, hang on, I got it!

All right, get back.

_{[The sound of big reptilian feet plodding backwards through wet sand can be heard as the camera shows a wobbly view of.... Sunny the Togekiss standing on an appropriately sunny Cianwood beach. The water's lapping at the shore, the sky is bright blue, it's totally beautiful.]

[A PERFECT day to test out the new, hard-earned skill gotten from beating Chuck in a furious fist-fight (and some obligatory after-battle arm-wrestling): Fly.]

[Perched precariously on the back of the big white marshmallow-bird is Heather, kneeling and holding onto the thick white plumage with both hands. She's got a determined expression.]}

Okay. Let's give it a try. I-- no, Dad, it's gonna be FINE, that's why I'm practicing on the BEACH, remember? Sand is soft!

OKAY.

Ready, girl?

Let's-- oh shit aw HELL--

_{[With some gentle but powerful WHOMPS, the Togekiss had begun to serenely flap its pillowy wings and take off. ... Without Heather, because Heather has no idea how the hell to ride a flying thing and was promptly jostled off by the wing motion.]

[Touching down again, Sunny trills and lovingly sits upon the face-down Heather like any caring bird mother might with a stupid bird baby that crash-landed after trying to fly.]}

... Okay.

This could take a little practice.

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[Chuckles.]

Giving up so soon?

_{[A hasty huff as she draws herself up.]}

Who said I was giving up?

Are you?

No.

[Ruffles her hair.]

That's my girl. Remember to be careful though.

_{[She lets out an obligatory growl as his hand descends on her hair, but doesn't actually do anything to stop it.]}

Yeah, yeah, worrywart.

I'll invest in a stupid-looking helmet so that you can sleep in peace.

Oh good. I'll keep an eye out to make sure you wear it.

[Why do you do this to yourself Heather?]

_{[SIGH. A better question would be why did she expect anything different?]}

At least if I'm above the clouds, no one will be able to see it and judge me.

What's to judge about being safe?

You were never a kid, were you?

You were just born old.

Of course I was a kid.

Nope.

You came out old, like, dressed in a cardigan and holding a tiny typewriter.

I think my mother would have disagreed with that.

No way.

I bet she just never told you because she was worried you'd grow up to be a nerd.

_{[... Then she pauses, tilting her head thoughtfully and reaching out to lay a hand on Sunny's head.]}

... Hey, Dad...

What was your mom like, anyway?

[He pauses, thinking back. She'd been dead for a while now. She'd died a year after he'd been married.]

My mother....your grandmother. She....was a very loving woman. She always took me to the library and encouraged me to read.

I used to read the stories I wrote, to her when I was younger.

_{[She'd never really wondered about her grandparents at all until she'd started going to school and realized that MOST kids had family OTHER than just a father.]

[Not that she'd ever been unhappy with just having him or anything... but it was hard not to wonder.]}

Yeah?

Knew you had to get it from somewhere.

She pretty much raised me by herself.

[His own dad died when he was six.]

She was very strong, didn't take attitude from anyone.

She must've been, if she did what you did.

_{[Single parents have it rough, man.]}

... Wish I could've met her.

You would have liked her. She would have liked you too, I know.

[Smiles.]

Of course then you'd get to hear me being lectured at, then I'd be in trouble.

... Ooh, what I wouldn'tve paid to see that!

I know you would. Luckily there is no video evidence that such a thing every happened. So I'm afraid you're out of luck.

Ugh, that's right, I forgot.

They didn't have video cameras back in the age of the dinosaurs.

[Snorts.]

Not that far back missy.

Age of the wooly mammoth?

Still too far.

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