[Unfortunately, after Vanitas's breakdown following Billy's death, Stephen's not inclined to take any of his threats to harm Billy too seriously. The kid's a dick and Billy would no doubt be better off without him, but gone are the days when Stephen assumes he's a deliberate threat, whether or not he'll be proven wrong at some point.]
What baby are you sitting? He said something about a kid?
She's - three? Four? I'm really not good with ages. [ Or children. Or this kind of responsibility in general. ] Showed up with the last round of newbies and she was alone.
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What baby are you sitting? He said something about a kid?
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[The developmentally delayed little girl he utterly failed to do anything to help.]
So you've got her. That...could be a lot worse.
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[ He really does have his hands full with short and ornery. ]
Just, uh. Supervising.
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[He frowns. Would helping take care of a child be such a bad thing for Peter? Of course, on the other hand, they'd both probably be terrible at it.]
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[There's no energy to put into the sarcasm, though. Not after everything that's happened.]
Busy, yeah. Let's call it that.