dude I'm from Oklahoma I don't know shit about this fey stuff the fairy's name is Mili and they look like Teto's twin Teto came to the school after you and Coco went back home and I went with him to get his ears pierced for his birthday and he can phase through walls like a ghost???
I know less than you do! My world's supposed to be normal!
[But yes, okay, he's going to properly read this through. It doesn't get less alarming.]
Wow I
Wow. I don't know what to think about that.
The least confusing thing in there is the ear-piercing.
[There's a long pause.]
...Do I... are there others? Not necessarily children just family, you know? If there's family even if they'll never know me I want to at least know their names.
Tío Felipe and tío Oscar live with you I never met Coco's grandparents or nothing but you weren't exactly their ideal marriage candidate love Coco though obviously I think Coco will probably stay instead of moving out when she old enough for that
[He'd point out that Cliff's world clearly has magic but... for once he's gonna let it slide.]
Okay.
Okay. Nobody I don't know about. Yeah, I didn't make Imelda's parents too happy either. She threw everything away for me. Living with her brothers sounds fun though. I loved those kids.
[There's another pause.]
I never knew their names. None of the ones from after I died. When Imelda showed up she sent me away so many times I just stopped coming back eventually. And it wasn't like I didn't know there were others there later, in her shop. It just didn't occur to me until Miguel that they had anything to do with me. Stupid, right? I never got the chance to ask their names. I had to make a deal with a demon in order to find out.
So. Mili and Teto. Do they seem alright? Taken care of? Happy?
[He said supposed to be!!!! Never mind the version of his world where he could turn into a wolf for as long as he could remember, because obviously weird shit didn't happen in that world, either.]
yeah I mean Coco and Teto are my age so you can't expect much about future generations
[He almost makes a comment how if he were able to marry Coco, they wouldn't have been able to have a biological kid. Almost. But that's way too weird, and way too involved in weird werewolf shit he wants to keep a lid on.]
Milagros I think is the full name yeah they do they have a good family sometimes Teto is like you know but I think he'll be okay and you told me something about how Mili didn't think about shit like if anybody would hate them they were pretty weird but a good kid for as much a kid some ancient fey can be I don't know a lot about it except they don't like cats but carry one around that's in a coma or something according to Coco and had glow in the dark stars we decorated Teto's room with
I think I can imagine what Teto's like maybe he'll figure things out faster than I did. Would have to help not having Ernesto to follow around all the time. And having a real family instead of one he has to work for.
The rest of that is confusing again, but, the stars sound nice. Like sleeping out in the plaza, in Santa Cecilia. I used to do that all the time when I had nowhere else to go. But I guess you knew that.
I'd sure as hell like to think I'm a better older friend than de la Cruz that guy was a piece of shit
yep pretty much but you know he did the same thing once at school and became a popsicle to avoid me probably ruined any good that did him by climbing in his window to talk about shit
He was. But it was hard to see that until it was too late. He was good at making people feel like they were everything, especially when they didn't have much else.
[And then quickly making them feel like they were nothing. But Cliff already knows that part.]
Nice to know he has better.
I wouldn't worry too much about ruining anything. If he was that cold, he'd have come back earlier. We're not very cold tolerant. And whatever reason he had to avoid you well he's too forgiving. I was too forgiving. But you're a good enough kid that it was probably him that owed the apology anyway. And if not, I trust it wasn't anything too serious.
yeah that whole too forgiving thing means you shouldn't assume it was him that fucked up
[Why is Héctor like this!!!]
you know I get mad and pop off he was trying to look out for me and wound up putting himself down in the process when I brushed him off he's the good kid
I didn't. I said, "if not". But even if I hadn't, just because I was too forgiving doesn't mean I didn't make plenty of mistakes on my own. I've never been the good kid. I'm going off what I know about me.
you ever figure it’s because you were told shit like that all the time that you came up with that like what was the point just do whatever not saying you didn’t make trouble but you didn’t go messing around the way my friends and I do
What? You mean like stealing, drinking, causing small catastrophes? No, I think I just wanted things I didn't have and didn't have the sense to think ahead.
alright funny guy well I'm getting away with it longer in ways you never could you've never outran a police car have you? anyway my point is that if I'm supposed to be a good kid then Teto is, too
Wouldn't outrunning the cops and getting away with things count as staying OUT of trouble? I mean, if you're not caught, it's not trouble, is it? Plus, if you're going to set impossible bars, I can too you know I've got an extensive rap sheet you couldn't hope to beat.
But, your defence of him is kind and sort of roundabout flattering. I have no plan to demonize him and have neither the will nor ability to punish him. You don't need to worry about defending him to me.
Hmm... well... They started to in the later years but we get technology slower over there. With the early models, just about anybody could outrun those. There's a number of larger alebrijes but only one Pepita, thankfully.
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Uh?
What???
What is even happening in that world? I have two more kids?? A fairy??? and ME????
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the fairy's name is Mili and they look like Teto's twin
Teto came to the school after you and Coco went back home and I went with him to get his ears pierced for his birthday
and he can phase through walls like a ghost???
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[But yes, okay, he's going to properly read this through. It doesn't get less alarming.]
Wow I
Wow.
I
don't know what to think about that.
The least confusing thing in there is the ear-piercing.
[There's a long pause.]
...Do I... are there others? Not necessarily children just
family, you know?
If there's family
even if they'll never know me
I want to at least know their names.
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Tío Felipe and tío Oscar live with you
I never met Coco's grandparents or nothing but you weren't exactly their ideal marriage candidate
love Coco though obviously
I think Coco will probably stay instead of moving out when she old enough for that
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Okay.
Okay.
Nobody I don't know about.
Yeah, I didn't make Imelda's parents too happy either.
She threw everything away for me.
Living with her brothers sounds fun though.
I loved those kids.
[There's another pause.]
I never knew their names.
None of the ones from after I died.
When Imelda showed up she sent me away so many times
I just stopped coming back eventually.
And it wasn't like I didn't know there were others there later, in her shop.
It just didn't occur to me until Miguel that they had anything to do with me.
Stupid, right?
I never got the chance to ask their names.
I had to make a deal with a demon in order to find out.
So. Mili and Teto.
Do they seem alright?
Taken care of? Happy?
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yeah I mean
Coco and Teto are my age so you can't expect much about future generations
[He almost makes a comment how if he were able to marry Coco, they wouldn't have been able to have a biological kid. Almost. But that's way too weird, and way too involved in weird werewolf shit he wants to keep a lid on.]
Milagros I think is the full name
yeah
they do
they have a good family
sometimes Teto is like
you know
but I think he'll be okay
and you told me something about how Mili didn't think about shit like if anybody would hate them
they were pretty weird but a good kid
for as much a kid some ancient fey can be
I don't know a lot about it except they don't like cats but carry one around that's in a coma or something according to Coco and had glow in the dark stars we decorated Teto's room with
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I like that name.
[Of course he doesn't realize he helped pick it.]
I think I can imagine what Teto's like
maybe he'll figure things out faster than I did.
Would have to help not having Ernesto to follow around all the time.
And having a real family instead of one he has to work for.
The rest of that is confusing again, but, the stars sound nice.
Like sleeping out in the plaza, in Santa Cecilia.
I used to do that all the time when I had nowhere else to go.
But I guess you knew that.
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that guy was a piece of shit
yep
pretty much
but you know he did the same thing once at school and became a popsicle to avoid me
probably ruined any good that did him by climbing in his window to talk about shit
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But it was hard to see that until it was too late.
He was good at making people feel like they were everything, especially when they didn't have much else.
[And then quickly making them feel like they were nothing. But Cliff already knows that part.]
Nice to know he has better.
I wouldn't worry too much about ruining anything.
If he was that cold, he'd have come back earlier.
We're not very cold tolerant.
And whatever reason he had to avoid you
well
he's too forgiving.
I was too forgiving.
But you're a good enough kid that it was probably him that owed the apology anyway.
And if not, I trust it wasn't anything too serious.
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[Why is Héctor like this!!!]
you know I get mad and pop off
he was trying to look out for me and wound up putting himself down in the process when I brushed him off
he's the good kid
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But even if I hadn't, just because I was too forgiving doesn't mean I didn't make plenty of mistakes on my own.
I've never been the good kid.
I'm going off what I know about me.
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you ever figure it’s because you were told shit like that all the time that you came up with that
like what was the point just do whatever
not saying you didn’t make trouble but you didn’t go messing around the way my friends and I do
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No, I think I just wanted things I didn't have and didn't have the sense to think ahead.
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you've never outran a police car have you?
anyway my point is that if I'm supposed to be a good kid then Teto is, too
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I mean, if you're not caught, it's not trouble, is it?
Plus, if you're going to set impossible bars, I can too you know
I've got an extensive rap sheet you couldn't hope to beat.
But, your defence of him is kind
and sort of roundabout flattering.
I have no plan to demonize him and have neither the will nor ability to punish him.
You don't need to worry about defending him to me.
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But there weren't cop cars in Santa Cecilia
So your point is still moot.
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With the early models, just about anybody could outrun those.
There's a number of larger alebrijes but only one Pepita, thankfully.
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but I guess you need engineers and inventors to die before you can really make stuff
and hey don't talk shit about my pal just because she'd eat you
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Just saying!
But yes, things tend to trickle in slower like that.
Plus with everyone being more old-fashioned.
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like how old people can't get over Elvis, the Beatles, Sinatra, Queen, and shit like that
stop watching A Wonderful Life on tv it's boring
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Great news.
I haven't seen any of those.
Not even one.
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well the first four are singers and bands
but you'd probably like It's a Wonderful Life even though it sucks
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You're really selling it to me.
What's it about?
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