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"It's going to have bookshelves instead of walls. Entirely bookshelves. And counters everywhere so I can work wherever I think of things, and lots of ledges to sit on, and lots of balconies to sit and work in the outside air..."

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"Sounds sort of crowded."

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"No, because it'll be very very big. There are three blocks of the city reserved for it."

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"I'd feel tiny trying to live in a house that huge."

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"I'm going to have like ten children."

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"...Wow."

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"I'm going to love all of them."

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"Wouldn't doubt it."

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"They're going to be really good at things. Because I'll teach them. And they can leave the palace whenever they want."

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"Those seem like good plans. What if they're not good at things even though you teach them, though? That happens sometimes."

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"Then I'll teach them different things."

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"Some people aren't good at anything."

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"My kids will be."

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"How do you know?"

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"Kids are sort of like their parents. Like, my mom is stubborn and self-willed and very talented and moves fast and talks fast. And so am I. And my father has lots of worries that don't make much sense but also can be really decisive when he needs to, and that's like me too."

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"I have things in common with my parents, too, but you can't guarantee it will be any specific things."

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"Right but if they have anything in common with me they'll be good at something."

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"Maybe all they will get is your impatience and your hair color and your taste for bouncing around a lot. Then what?"

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"Then I will invent a discipline that just requires those, I guess."

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She laughs. "And then your child will be the fastest bouncer in the entire competitive bouncing league?"

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"Maybe ice skating? Rúmil told me he's going to invent ice skating."

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"It's always looked fun."

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"How long until you can give yourselves super duper boots so you're as balanced as an Elda?"

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"Good question. I haven't been focusing on that but I have examples to work from, souping them up shouldn't be conceptually difficult. I just really don't want to wreck the boots I have because without them I can barely cross a level surface. ...I suppose I can fly now so as long as I expect to get it sooner or later I shouldn't be too paranoid about that."

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