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By Galactica Point And Below, Monday

"Okay, what is this nerdy crap?"

The piece of paper in Tamsin's hands was definitely some kind of nerdy crap, she was sure of it. Still, it was their best shot at at least getting the island back to somewhere that had actually decent bars.

She eyed the weird rocks embedded into the wall by Galactica Point. "I always thought some kid with too much time and no basement to fester in had come up with this," she muttered. She glanced over her shoulder at the waiting hordes. "Okay, here we go. Up, up, down, down--"

Oh god. It really was nerdy crap.

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"Considering your family business," Jenkins said. "I think I should rather hear about either. I'm sure they're fascinating."

And also very, very dangerous.

"When all of this is over, I'll pop by and share some stories," Verity said with a grin. "You sound like the first person outside the family I've ever met that would appreciate our take on hide-and-seek."

She rolled her eyes with fond annoyance. "My kid sister used to dig pit traps for the game."

"They are a classic," Jenkins said. "Though I do wonder how high you all counted, that she had time to dig."

"There was less a count and more a general announcement that the next day we'd be playing hide and seek and we should take the evening to prepare," Verity explained, pulling her hair back to keep it out of her face.

Or possibly 'explained.'

"Your family isn't terribly clear on the concept of 'play' are they," Jenkins observed.

"Not really," Verity admitted. "When you're up against a whole organization with a grudge and a penchant for extermination, play loses value when compared to learning how to stay alive. Once you start toddling, it's time for training to begin. I know I really concerned my parents for awhile because all I wanted to do was dance."

"Teaching via war games," Jenkins said. "I've known a few parents like that in my day as well."

His day being the Middle Ages.

"I shudder to think what 'duck duck goose' must have looked like."

Well, the Covenant still behaved like it was the Middle Ages, so...

"It was fine until we were old enough to be given weapons," Verity said brightly.

"And what age was that, exactly?"

"Depends on the type of weapon, really," Verity said with her most charming smile.

"Please, do elaborate."

"Bludgeoning comes before blades comes before guns," Verity said. Did that help? "And martial arts, but that's less getting weapons and more making sure we can protect ourselves without them."

"And the lectures on when it is appropriate to use any of these things happen . . . ?"

"Before we're allowed to pick up any of them," Verity told him. "We're cryptozoologists; we fight to protect ourselves and others from imminent danger. Acting otherwise makes us no better than the Covenant."

Not what you were expecting, Jenkins?

Jenkins nodded. "You were also children though," he said. "Allowing children to actually be children is one of the great accomplishments of the modern era."

"We had fun," Verity said. "We played games, they were just also training us to survive. Letting children be children doesn't take into account that there are things out there that would happily kill all of us if they could. Better to be alive than to be sad I didn't get a lemonade stand growing up."

Jenkins simply hummed thoughtfully in response.

"Yes?" Verity prompted.

This was her family you were judging.

Which was precisely why he wasn't continuing to argue.

"Nothing at all."

"You know that literally no one buys that line after a noise like that, right?"

"Of course not. But as you will not convince me nor I you, there's no purpose in continuing to argue."

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