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[steelalchemy]

[Ed is bent over his desk, furiously sketching out a design.]

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[whosyour_rikku]

Is this some draft for a "test of your strengths" gym set?

[steelalchemy]

No. It's for children.

[whosyour_rikku]

Oh.

To do what with?

[steelalchemy]

For them to play on.

[whosyour_rikku]

Oh, ok, so somebody's gonna build it, you mean. For a sec there I thought it might be an illustration for a story book or something.

[steelalchemy]

Hopefully. My boss has to approve my design before it can be built.

[whosyour_rikku]

He'd have to be a total dink not to approve it!

[steelalchemy]

Hah, thanks Rikku. You probably have better tastes than him though.

[whosyour_rikku]

I can't deny my taste is in fact superior to most, but that's no reason to think he won't be completely into it, too!

[steelalchemy]

He didn't really like my first design. Said it was 'too dangerous'.

He should have seen where I played as a kid.

[whosyour_rikku]

What was your first design like?

Ditto. And I don't get it, we don't want the next generation of kids to be candy butts, am I right? Dangerous, shamangerous, they've gotta learn!

[steelalchemy]

Kind of like an urban obstacle course.

Candy butts?

[whosyour_rikku]

Yeah, you know, like pansies. People who can't handle the intense stuff. Opposites of us.

[steelalchemy]

Ah.

Yes.

Something like that.

[whosyour_rikku]

Why? What d'you call 'em?

[steelalchemy]

I dunno... I just...

I'd rather not everyone grow up 'able to handle the intense stuff'. It usually means a messed up childhood or something going wrong in their world.

It's nice, when kids get to grow up without having to know about troublesome things.