[RL] As we sat beneath a willow tree.

[creepyshitking]

[A lazy afternoon. Cody was at a friend's, Astor was at a friend's. And he was packing Harrison carefully into the car, somehow sprouting extra arms to shake his bear and buckle him in at once. 10 and 2, Dexter checks his mirrors, leaving whatever boring talkshow came on the radio when he started the van. He's Mr. Mom today, but he has to wear his

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[betterasshole]

[Deb gets in the car and reaches back and pets Harrison's hair before responding. Just as a self-reminder that this is going to be a swear-free conversation for once.]

Good question. [She turns back to the front, shifting her focus back to Dexter.] Frustrated, mostly. It's hard to come up with believable excuses for why a certain someone is still free to roam the worlds, you know--I think he's getting the picture that we're pulling one over on him.

[creepyshitking]

[He had been expecting anything...but that to come out of his sister's mouth. His look is startled, though for Dexter that's expressing shortly above linefais.]

He knows that's not in our control. We're not pulling anything over on him.

[betterasshole]

Yeah we are, Dex. We're pulling something huge on him by not telling him everything up front. He's gonna figure out the real reason why we're letting Brian off the hook eventually, and then we're all in deep sh--trouble. So it would be really great if you could help me not mess up a good relationship for once and just let him know what's going on.

[creepyshitking]

And what is that mystical reason, Debra? He can worldhop, what was I supposed to do? [If he sounds a little defensive, he is. But he's also all about being blasé just now, and he's not having a ~heart to heart~ with Quinn or whatever Deb's implying here.]