Text to Kyle

[xp_emplate]

[1] Nothing against Ms. Bright, who is a perfectly pleasant young woman and altogether blameless for my reaction.

[2] However

[3] Having only just passed the first anniversary of The Incident, I could do with spoiler tags over any overtly mystical content for the next while.

Comments

[xp_wildchild]

(1) oh my god
(2) she's a nice kid but holy crap she's like a walking talking can of monster energy drink
(3) bet she was just on tiktok or some shit the day Amanda was like "Discretion"

[xp_emplate]

[1] I'm given to understand it was entirely benign, and would not expect Amanda to allow anything less. I was simply unprepared to glance at my phone and be slapped by an eldrich symbol.

[2] Is there some way to exclude January from the calendar moving forward? What a profoundly unpleasant month.

[xp_wildchild]

(1) I mean yeah, benign, but like
(2) teenagers do not think

[xp_emplate]

(1) Yes, how is yours lately? Any more schoolyard brawls? Which you of course would have no personal experience with...

[xp_wildchild]

1) "mine" as though she has any of my DNA and not you know, NOT ME.
2) But actually pretty okay, mostly stopped threatening to stab the Mean Girls set at the school
3) that or the school's not calling me anymore b/c they don't love talking to me

[xp_emplate]

(1) Glad to hear it.

(2) I wish you and Doug nothing but the happiest co-parenting of your non-consanguineal ward and all her stabbings.