Pull point plot!

[vorbarra]

WHO: Vorsoaps family and others.
WHERE: Probably mostly DC#7, but all over.
WHEN: March 27 - April 6
WHAT: Ageswap shenanigans ahoy.
WARNINGS: None, actually, except for rampant spoilers for the whole series, most likely, so if you care about that sort of thing, be warned!

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[dendarii]

Cause I'm doing it now.

[jacksonian]

What, and you don't think you might grow up?

[dendarii]

I dunno, I guess I have to eventually. I do wanna be taller. Like Gregor!

[jacksonian]

Grow up mentally.

[dendarii]

[ Miles looks skeptical of this. ]

Don't wanna.

[jacksonian]

Of course you do.

[ The clone shakes his head. ]

It's not being little that makes people not pay attention to you. It doesn't have anything to do with size, really. Believe me - I know. It's about power. And your greatest source of power is always going to be your brain. And a kid's brain? Not as good as a grown-up's brain.

[dendarii]

Yeah, but grown-ups don't have as much fun. [ And then, rather calmly: ] I can hear him right now and he doesn't sound like he's having any fun at all.

[jacksonian]

[ Uh - Huh. He didn't think his progenitor was crazy. Not in this way, at least. ]

Hear...him? Hear who?

[dendarii]

[ Not at all, but very good at compartmentalizing. And he has an overactive imagination to boot. ]

Me! Adult me. He's very angry with me I think.

[jacksonian]

[ Hu.......uh. ]

Uh...What, like...adult you is...trapped inside of your mind? Like as a split personality or something? That's weird.

[ studio laughter ]

[dendarii]

[ Miles brightens instantly at that thought. ]

You think so? I was thinking he was like my conscience but annoying.

[jacksonian]

I don't think adult-you is anyone's conscience.

[dendarii]

[ Miles considers this thoughtfully. ]

You're right. He's more like - um - what's the opposite of a conscience?

[jacksonian]

[ A shrug. ]

Unconscious?

[dendarii]

No, no, eviller than that.

[jacksonian]

Uh, a devil, maybe?

[dendarii]

That's it. A shoulder devil!

[jacksonian]

[ A little reluctantly: ]

No. That's not it, either.

[dendarii]

Says you. Don't I get to decide that kind of thing?

[jacksonian]

[ A shrug. ]

Again, you have a kid-brain. So probably not. Kids aren't allowed to decide anything.

[dendarii]

Still smarter'n some adults. Smarter'n older me.

[jacksonian]

[ A shrug. ]

Maybe. But intelligence doesn't mean anything if people don't think you're smart and don't respect you. Which they won't.

[dendarii]

So you get someone who looks respectable and tell them what to do.

[jacksonian]

Which means someone else gets the credit. So you still don't get respect.

[dendarii]

... Oh. Hmm.

[ He has to consider that new conundrum for a moment. ]

How d'you do it then?