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His jaw clenched at that, ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, as if being any inclination of this shitty old man made him know what was best. Roderick would argue that being ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ would make that the furthest thing from the truth... but what was the point in arguing about it?
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The smile fell into a worried froen...he knew when a Rick was lying... they're all different but they all had similar tells in the way they looked .. the direction their eyes went ... their posture. Some were more subtle than others...but he could tell he could almost always
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He then gives a very small smile at the boy, before putting it in the pocket of his cardigan.
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His brain turns into a jungle of alarms as he watches that smile grow on her face even more. Whose granddaughter ๐ธ๐ข๐ด this exactly? Why did he have to be ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ on the end of this nightmare?
( You know why, dickfart. Because your drunk ass killed her. )
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โ his unease registers immediately ๏น rather than afford him an inch of reprieve ใ grin distends another fraction . wide eyes remain glued to him without so much as a * blink .
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It'd be about what he deserves, he thinks.
Children, his grandchildren, standing around in suits and ties on podiums talking about government policy and running as politicians like those triple their age. They should be at home, with mothers and fathers and siblings.
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Shit.
He was always the worst with the girl ones. He saw her in all of them, sure, but certainly her spitting gendered images. She had all the correct featuresโ more Beth's than Jerry'sโ just take everything that made his special and add on what made this one her own self.
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โ ...Uhm. โ He croaks outโ his throat feels so dry, and he feels his hangover migraine beating at the door. ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ...T-Thank you, Mortigโ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข. But I'm... a-alright. โ
Okay, he's talking at least. He should next try to stop doing his best impression of a fish.
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