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[guppy_sandhu]

[oom]

"Okay, we put this bit here... and... hold still, I nearly have it."

Guppy has a look of intense concentration, a bunch of hair clips, and a small toddler with her brand new glasses.

"There, a perfect new hairstyle, let's call it... no, it looks like a bird's nest, maybe we should start again."

"I like birdies." Coral insists, bouncing up and down pretending to be a birdie. The glasses, to their credit, stay put.

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[a1enzo]

Awww!

"Hey! You got glasses!"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yeh." Coral says. "Because... contacts are figgly."

"Yeah, contacts are fiddly, and you're a big girl who can keep glasses on now." Guppy says. "Hey Enzo."

[a1enzo]

"Hey, Guppy. They look nice," he informs Coral. "Are you nearsighted or farsighted?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"She's short sighted." Guppy says. "Because she was premature. She's been wearing contacts since Fry pointed out that all he had to do to keep her off his stuff was to put it more than a metre away."

[a1enzo]

Enzo chuckles at this.

"My sister's farsighted, and my dad used to be."

[guppy_sandhu]

"I see all the things!" Coral says, bouncing.

[a1enzo]

"What can you see?" Enzo asks with a grin.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Hair an... bits." Coral points to some dirt on the floor. "And fluff onna rat."

[a1enzo]

"Rats are fuzzy," Enzo agrees.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Enzo, I got to see school." Coral says.

"Yeah, she's going to start in september." Guppy says.

[a1enzo]

"Cool! Did you like it?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yeh." Coral nods. "Gonna be in the nursery. Fry gonna be up."

"Fry is... with a degree of intrepidation on our part... skipping a year." Guppy says. "He's only a couple months behind the year above, but way ahead educationally of the rest of his year. Also he got wind of the idea and got very overexcited."

[a1enzo]

"Not real surprised."

[guppy_sandhu]

"We hesitated because we were concerned it would be hard for him socially. But he doesn't really like little kids." Guppy says.

"Except me." Coral says.

"Yeah he likes you."

[a1enzo]

"Whatever works for him, then. I guess you'll see."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yeah..." Guppy nods. He's sure the other parents will disapprove, but it's not up to them.

"What's that?" Coral asks, poking towards Enzo's icon.

[a1enzo]

"Oh! That's my icon. Everyone in my world has one. Your dad has one, too, since he visited my world. His is red and black, 'cause he's a doctor."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Like on your teddy, you know, Redbear." Guppy says.

"Redbear and Pupplebear are gonna get married." Coral says. "And... and have a baby... and wash the dishes."

Guppy, not quite used to nonsense-talk yet, laughs at this unusual statement.

[hey35andholding]

Clementine hasn't seen Guppy in such a long time that the little girl with him is an entirely new face. "Wanna ask someone who knows what she's doing for a little help?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Oh hi Clem, yes please." Guppy says.

They may have met when Coral was littler?

"Who're you?" Coral asks.

[hey35andholding]

Clem gets immediately to work - she knows how to treat hair, so it doesn't take much for her to help the get Coral's hair clipped up.

And nope - it's been ages since she's seen Guppy.

"I'm Clementine - your dad helped me out a long time ago."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Like a orange?" Coral asks, sitting nice and still.

[hey35andholding]

"Yeah," Clementine teases, carefully sculpting Coral's hair. "An orange with lipstick."

[guppy_sandhu]

"What's lipstick?" Coral asks.

[hey35andholding]

"A crayon," Clementine explains, "That you can put on your lips."