[He nods, a little smirk at the wiping of the drool; adorable kid.
He's sure he can get away with telling this story without blabbing that the kid's Other Mother is a giant skeletal and metal spiderbeast.]
Before I was your Other Father, I wa~s a pumpkin. Now I don't know 'bout you, but I found it pre~tty hard to walk and talk.
[He's got a brow raised; he knows to others this must sound silly, but that helps to his advantage in cheering the kid up. He's trying to make a joke of it.]
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He's sure he can get away with telling this story without blabbing that the kid's Other Mother is a giant skeletal and metal spiderbeast.]
Before I was your Other Father, I wa~s a pumpkin.
Now I don't know 'bout you, but I found it pre~tty hard to walk and talk.
[He's got a brow raised; he knows to others this must sound silly, but that helps to his advantage in cheering the kid up. He's trying to make a joke of it.]