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[draculabutbackwards]

I have no idea if there's some future etiquette for this. Leave whatever message you choose?

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[atowncalledtreffy]

Who else?

Sorry. If it helps, I died too. First time here.

Did you meet Simon?

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[draculabutbackwards]

Father seemed likely. And yes, yes I did.

[No one has explained emojis to Adrian, so he can't grin over text.]

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[atowncalledtreffy]

And???

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[draculabutbackwards]

Miraculous little monster.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

Coming from you specifically, that means a lot.

He remembers things he would have had no way of knowing if I don't go back. That mean this shit is predestined?

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[draculabutbackwards]

[You said it, not him.]

Yes, I heard all about it. And. That's one conclusion but not the only one. In every possible future fir Simon, you feature in at least one as something other than a monument and a tale.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

You know, maybe tell him the truth about me instead of the stories of what I did. Say I was a drunk and an angry asshole. I don't want him getting ideas that he'll never measure up.

[Like he had, with his ancestors]

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[draculabutbackwards]

I know dying is a bit addling but did you just suggest stories about what you do are somehow distinct from things about you that are true?

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[atowncalledtreffy]

Well, I don't want him thinking that his dad beat up Death and his uncle couldn't.

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[draculabutbackwards]

Right after the story where his father attempted to punch Dracula in the face. And his mother teleported a fucking castle onto an underground vault. Kid's doomed.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

What a great day that was.

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[draculabutbackwards]

I promise to tell you son you're an ass, but it would be much funnier to do it in front of you.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

So I can protect you when he grabs a stake?

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[draculabutbackwards]

Don't trust filial loyalty too much unless you can also fly him to the top of tall things.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

You would turn my own son against me? My firstborn?

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[draculabutbackwards]

As though he'd need me to teach him to taunt you? He's YOUR son. His first word will be fuck.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

No. No. His first word will be 'You'.

His second word will be 'Fuck.'

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[draculabutbackwards]

Pride of third place to some dread incantation Sypha teaches him to punish us.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

To punish you, you mean.

Your dad asked if he could give him rides on his shoulders.

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[draculabutbackwards]

They're very good rides. I can vouch. Forgive him. It's the closest he'll come to a grandchild.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

What are you talking about? I called Simon his grandkid first. I want to make sure my boy’s back is being watched by the most powerful fucking vampire in existence.

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[draculabutbackwards]

I just meant I'm not giving him any. So of course you get the full force.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

You don't want to be a dad?

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[draculabutbackwards]

Unless I embark on alchemical experiments it's not really an option, I'm pretty sure. I'm something of a mule.

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[atowncalledtreffy]

Right, sure.

Did you want kids, though?