1. It's only after Gregory Magnus shakes his hand with decidedly more force than really necessary that James realizes that the esteemed doctor believes James to be courting his daughter.
2. "You never said they were projectile!" James sputters, and Helen goes to get the tweezers without pointing out that he never asked.
3. "I swear," he says to the baby in his arms, "You are worse than both your parents combined."
4. It comes to this, of course, this black moment of discovery and realization forever crystallized in his damnably near perfect mind.
5. It's his hair, James admits in quiet moments of personal reflection, his hair and his eyes and his willingness to not say anything and his calm; all these things, and especially the part where he's taken James as is and never once complained.
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Date: 2011-06-14 08:53 pm (UTC)2. "You never said they were projectile!" James sputters, and Helen goes to get the tweezers without pointing out that he never asked.
3. "I swear," he says to the baby in his arms, "You are worse than both your parents combined."
4. It comes to this, of course, this black moment of discovery and realization forever crystallized in his damnably near perfect mind.
5. It's his hair, James admits in quiet moments of personal reflection, his hair and his eyes and his willingness to not say anything and his calm; all these things, and especially the part where he's taken James as is and never once complained.