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[valetudinarius]

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Musichetta, we should adopt a baby and then enter it in one of those Beautiful Baby Pageants. If it were yours, I'm sure it would win.

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[cruelpatience]

A charming notion, my pet, but if we adopt it, it would not be truly mine, n'est-ce pas? In which case, how could it possibly win? Unless you are implying that any infant raised by me would grow in beauty simply by being in my presence, in which case - why, thank you, my love, but I'm afraid I'd let you do most of the raising. In that case, 'twould still a lovely baby be, but be far too busy beweeping and bewailing its unhygienically-dropped-on-the-floor bottle to win any pageants.

However, if adoption is out, we could always have one of our own -- or at least give it a good try, mm?

[valetudinarius]

I thought you never wanted to have one of your own?