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Picking up the wishbone, Stephan held it back out to Gavin, "Alright, and if you get the bigger piece, don't tell anyone what you wished for." It was a silly superstition, even more so that wishes themselves, but still. He didn't even tell people his birthday wishes. He had a fairly loose grasp on the bone, now just a bit dryer than it had been, and planned only to really hold it still against Gavin's grasp rather than pulling it himself. "Get a nice tight hold on it and pull really hard up and back," he advised, winking to Remi.

Sensing that it wasn't going to break very easily, he pulled down and back a bit on it, pretending that he was concentrating just as hard. Well shoot, the bone was being stubborn. He did his little tug again, at the same time as Gavin this time. And, finally agreeing, the little bone snapped, leaving a good bit more in Gavin's hand then in his own. There, that was a little harder than planned, but it worked, "Looks like you'll get your wish Hawk Boy."

He blushed a bit at the compliment, making a mental note to watch more of those parenting shows, since them combined with his babysitting experience seemed to be working fine. "Um, medium-ish," he said, shrugging a bit. He was a lot more relaxed than he had been first walking in the door, and even more so with the thought of raising a child. Gavin wasn't so bad, and in retrospect, neither had the two girls been, so really, how bad could his daughter be?

Stephan nodded, taking a bite before he answered. It took him a moment, he didn't want to talk with his mouth full, but eventually he swallowed. "I could help if you want, putting him to sleep I mean." He'd have to learn some way, pajamas and stories and all of that, why not from experience. Even when he'd been babysitting Angie their nanny had done most of that stuff, saying it was too much work for him, even if he was a Big Boy. Of course, he wouldn't have remembered what to do now anyway, it had been so long ago.

"I'll need all the practice I can get," he laughed, taking another few bites. He couldn't help but smile watching Gavin tired like that. It was sort of reassuring. Sure, there were bound to be times when parenting was hard, but times like that were supposed to make it worth it. Those and graduation. "So, what they were saying about schools earlier, do you think Gavin is going to go there for the whole time he's in school?"

Powers, right. He'd almost forgotten. "Yeah.. I'm planning on the school here, but I don't know. I suppose that once the power is found out and started to put under control, maybe she could make her own decision?" He shrugged, not really sure what he was talking about. It was a bit of childhood kickback, since he'd been sent to schools he hated for most of his life. "But yeah, I guess for some of the kids that's really not an option, I can imagine public school would be hell for him," he sympathized, nearly finished with his pie.

Looking over at the half dozing toddler, he laughed, "Guess not. It's too bad really, I was hoping for a nice wrestling match." At least this whole thing didn't seem to affect the kids' health. Well, none of them seemed to be insomniacs at least. Watching Gavin, he kept telling himself that this wasn't going to be as hard as he thought. He could manage being a dad. He's be a great dad. Or at least a halfway decent one. Standing up from the table, he was the last one to finish after all, he nodded, "Right then. Toddler to bed."