...this is a new role...

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It's taken a few cycles for Dot to see if it's possible to leave for a few cycles. Without getting anyone suspicious to her actions just yet.

She'll start making notices once a certain objective has been completed, and that involves getting home early to cook up a very large meal. Nothing especially fancy, just a lot of hot links, grilled chicken wings, enough salad to fill a bathtub.

Bob should be home and picking up Mairi from the sitters any nano now.

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"No, but it shows off your legs so nicely."

"Legs?" Mairi looks up from the mess she's made of her dinner in the highchair.

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"Yes, sweetie. They're the things attached to your feet," teases Bob. He picks up a napkin to wipe some of the cheese sauce off of her face.

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The things Mommy and Daddy are trying to get her to walk on? How odd, she can fly! Ofcourse there's a little squirming as Mairi gets her face wiped off before she holds up the mostly empty bowl.

"Moar peez!"

"More." Dot corrects softly.

"....more peez! more peez!" The bowl starts getting banged on the top of the highchair.

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:: Sprites who bang their bowls on the table don't get seconds, :: Bob chides his daughter gently (and silently.)

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:: ...More link and cheese?:: Mairi looks at her father holding the bowl up...and then putting it on her head giggling.

"Silly girl, if you want more food, the bowl does not belong on your head."

"More peez!"

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Bob gives his wife a sidelong look. Should they let her or not?

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They should, Mairi is a growing girl, and she really does need to eat twice as much as a normal child would. Dot gives him a wry look before refilling Mairi's bowl with cut up hotlinks and cheese sauce.

"So, I was thinking...I'd visit just for a short time, nothing more than 2 days if I can help it."

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Bob nods. "I can work with that."

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"So can the office, if I shuffle things around a bit." Dot suddenly looks a lot more relieved.

And probably thinking this was how Bob felt after coming home and dealing with her. "And just incase, you've got Mouse's number if I need an emergency crew to take over for a while longer."

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He reaches over to touch her hands. "Just... if something goes wrong and you have to stay longer for whatever reason, let me know, okay?"

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"I'll leave notes and emergency notifications for you, Enzo and Matrix should anything happen." Dot murmurs, holding onto Bob's and leaning over to touch her forehead to his. "First sign of trouble from the scanner Laini gave or the locals and I'm going to have Mara get me right back in Milliways."

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Bob nods and smiles. "I trust you."