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[paradoxlol]

[Arthur's taking this pretty well. He's just leaning back in a chair and smoking a cigar. BECAUSE HE'S OLD AND HE CAN.]

I think I would have liked to have experienced a few of the decades that led up to this. It'd make the "golden years" feel earned.

[He smirks.]

But it's good to know I'm going to age well.

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[ourlastbesthope]

I'm not exactly sure what image you're trying to portray.

I didn't even know you had cigars.

[paradoxlol]

The image I'm going for is "comfortable." I think I'm entitled to it at this age.

I keep a few around. [Pause.] How're you doing?

[ourlastbesthope]

As well as can be expected. Until I need to find something.

[paradoxlol]

Your mind's not going, is it?

[hatestriangles]

You call that "well"?

[Because he's one to talk.]

[paradoxlol]

[FUCK YOU, PERRY, PAUL NEWMAN WAS SEXY.]

For starters, I don't look like I'm about to chase kids off my lawn with a shotgun. [UNLIKE YOU.]

[hatestriangles]

Come on, you know I don't need a shotgun.

[mrs_persson]

[So amused.] Very distinguished.

[paradoxlol]

You aged very well, yourself.

[mrs_persson]

[Shrug.]

Good bones, I suppose. The peculiar part is that I find myself thinking like someone's great-aunt. Ensuring the youngsters behave themselves and pull up their socks and that kind of thing. Which is not particularly in my nature to begin with.

[paradoxlol]

[He chuckles.] Those instincts will come in handy now that we've got an influx of kids with this flood.

[Pauuuse.]

And I have to admit I'm thinking like a grandfather right now. I never felt so settled before. It's comfortable.