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[unpocoloco]

Héctor
UN: OLLIN

STATUS: Graduate Student / Teacher's Assistant

ACCOLADES: I write music, know how to play a few instruments, mostly la guitarra.

BIO: !Hola¡ Soy Héctor. Yo hablo español y un poco inglés. I've come to Daybreak to learn a little about all this magic stuff and help out around the Campus. If you need an odd job taken care of, I'm your guy! (Unless you are la policía. Or someone I have borrowed from. If that is the case, do not contact me, por favor.)

© TESSISAMESS

Comments

[awooligan]

[Stop calling him out like this, man... He really shouldn't have opened his mouth.]

I didn't say it was something to worry about

[...But then there's a thought that's crossed his mind before again, even though he keeps dismissing it. It's ridiculous! Especially right now! And during this conversation is really not the time for it to come up!]

yeah, besides you, you adopted a fae, right?
that hasn't been a problem with anyone?

[unpocoloco]

[Sure Cliff.]

Here? In this house?
No. That hasn't been a problem.
If it has been or will be a problem elsewhere I don't know about it yet.

[awooligan]

[listen,]

I just meant you guys and the rest of your family
though I guess it's hard to say with the old mage money Riveras? Coco hasn't said anything about them being around

[unpocoloco]

They're alive.
Coco, her mother, her Tíos, they all visit.
They love each other and they're a family and that's not going to change.
But things are strained with me and because of me.
I'm sure you can imagine why.
When it's the right time, we'll introduce Mili and Teto.
If things go well, they go well.
If they don't, then it doesn't change anything.
Mili and Teto stay with me and Imelda's not about to abandon or think ill of a child either.
In the end, it's a privilege to the other Riveras to have them in their life and if they choose not to open their arms, it's their loss.
That's what I'll tell mis hijos too.

[awooligan]

yeah
it's good that no one's been shitty about it
or if they will be, it won't really matter
I didn't really expect otherwise

[unpocoloco]

Sí.
And if I'm guessing right,
Mili will be very excited and probably won't notice even if something is wrong.
Which means I'll have to explain.
And, Teto will be terrified and assume something is wrong before we start.
And I will still have to explain.
But it brings in some predictability, which is always good.

[awooligan]

don't envy you if you do end up having to talk to them
moment you learn someone doesn't like you isn't really great
sort of nice they balance each other in that way
but they sound like they got serious hurricane potential

[unpocoloco]

Oh yeah.
Yeah it's going to be
Something else.
But you know, it's kind of exciting too.
I missed out on this part of parenting.
And I'll have a lot of help so I won't be too in over my head.

[awooligan]

I hear it's all fun and games until the troublemaker's on the other side of things
shitty silver lining to growing up pretty much on your own is that you won't have to be making any apologies to moms for screwing up, now that the shoe's on the other foot

[unpocoloco]

Trust me, growing up on my own spared me no amount of having to apologize.
A lot.

[awooligan]

but how often did you mean it?

[unpocoloco]

Okay, that's not important.
How often did you mean your apologies?

[awooligan]

hey, I apologize to my mom for real
I know I'm a handful, I've accepted my lot in life
other people, eh
who knows?

[unpocoloco]

Impressively unapologetic there.

[awooligan]

I haven't caused you the same trouble I've caused my mom
what am I going to apologize for? helping rescue you? I'm feeling pretty good about that decision

[unpocoloco]

Of course not!
I meant in general.
I'm very grateful for that rescue.
Deeply.

[awooligan]

sounds to me like I'm in the clear
innocent until proven guilty

[As far as Héctor can say for certain, anyway.]

[unpocoloco]

Sure, kid.
We'll go with that.