"Shirin! Stop neglecting my daughters and me!"
"Wow, you're needy. What is it now?""You can show off my cute girls!"
"Well, here's a cute one of Nixie and Athena playing with their dollhouse.""And Nixie in the toy box.""And Nixie on the train set.""But none of Minerva or a better one of Athena?"
"Well, no. You blazed through Nixie's toddler skills and turned her loose. It's kind of boring watching the walking or talking or peeing. And poor Nixie was neglected by her parents.""She's a loner, we didn't neglect her!"
"Uh huh. Oh look! Another Nixie picture! Looks like she wants to faceplant, too.""Wow, they don't look happy about school, do they?""Would you be?"
"I loved school.""You're weird, too. School is where they teach you terrible things. Like math. What use are you going to have for math?"
"I could write an algorithm that turns you from a fairy into a hairy. That takes math. Besides, logic is going to be the next skill, so let's see if that's going to be Athena's or Minerva's domain.""Good thing I sent Athena to the roof to use the telescope."
"And Minerva to the basement for the chemistry table."
"And I sent you and Jaycen to the new massage table. I figured you would need it after all those sculptures, and he after all that shapeshifting.""Stop being generous. It's creepy. And worrisome. And if we were in Lunar Lakes, I'd worry that you're related to that red guy that thinks he's an evil harbinger of death or something."
"I'm not related to Artie.""Does that mean next time, he and I can try for those kids?"
".......no. Get your hormones under control.""I can't help it!"
"Sure you can. Look at what Minerva does in werewolf form.""Ugh. Oh, and just to
double triple quadruple check, the principal at school was super stuffy and had this thing about the girls shedding in class, and that's why Uncle Metro and Auntie Rica had to
threaten persuade Ms Stuffypants to put them on the honor roll, right?"
"....you can say that, sure.""Yay! Athena's cake is...what flavor?"
"Olive.""Ew."
"What about Nixie's?"
"Dusty.""Gross."
"And Minerva's?"
"Can't tell, the baker shed fur into it.""Shirin!"
"Sor...wait, no, I'm not sorry. Anyway, I'll show off the girls as teenagers before you have a fit.""This is Athena Hendrix.""And this is Nixie Hendrix.""And this is Minerva Hendrix.""And this is the first day of school, and I'm sensing a trend.""You mean like Nixie preferring to sit by Athena on the first day of school?"
"Something like that. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Wait, of course you are.""Yup. The heir has been selected."