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[gimmethemap]

A week is too much to ask? Someone on this boat couldn't go a single week without making trouble again. Well, I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Why the Hell did that little girl want a squirrel, anyway? They're rats with flashier outfits.

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[major-west.livejournal.com]

I have Billy.

Private

[gimmethemap]

I'm glad you do.

But he's there to love you even if you never get better -- Even if you get worse.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

For better or for worse. You make it sound like he's my husband.

Private

[gimmethemap]

Wouldn't know. Never had one myself.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Neither have I. Even if I had wanted one, it would have been illegal.

Private

[gimmethemap]

So is there something you can get out of having a husband, being another man, and all that? I mean, more than you have right now? Other men don't exactly come with dowries, do they?

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

It has an effect on certain rights, finances, insurance-- a load of things that probably don't matter in your time. It's... a human rights issue.

I couldn't even adopt a child, if I'd wanted to.

Private

[gimmethemap]

That's terrible.

...I think you'd make a good father someday. Maybe a little severe, but given to moments of doting when no one is watching.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I might have wanted a child, at one time.

Now I'm dead and with a ferret.

Private -- she'll only laugh privately at that

[gimmethemap]

Anything's possible, Henry.

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[major-west.livejournal.com]

I believe some things are too late.

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[gimmethemap]

Not necessarily. Just means you've got something to work toward.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

...

I am not working towards adopting a child.

Private

[gimmethemap]

No no no.

I mean more working towards being in a state where that would be possible -- whether you choose to do that or not.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I see.

Very well then.