Y'know how you hear about those families where the mom gets knocked up a bunch of times because she's always wanted a set number? It's, uh, kinda like that, except my pops wanted a set number of kids who'd do shit for him.
He's got his fingers in a little bit of everything. Drugs and prostitution rings and real estate swindling, all that shit. He likes the power, you know? There's probably some whole psychological analyzing you could do on it, but all I know is, he likes being more powerful than anyone else.
[His fingers drift through Ling's hair, smoothing it out and sweeping it back.]
So. Seven kids, cuz he figured we'd be more loyal. Blood ties, you know? And hey, six outta seven isn't so bad. But I thought there was probably more to life than just running at his heels my whole life.
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Y'know how you hear about those families where the mom gets knocked up a bunch of times because she's always wanted a set number? It's, uh, kinda like that, except my pops wanted a set number of kids who'd do shit for him.
He's got his fingers in a little bit of everything. Drugs and prostitution rings and real estate swindling, all that shit. He likes the power, you know? There's probably some whole psychological analyzing you could do on it, but all I know is, he likes being more powerful than anyone else.
[His fingers drift through Ling's hair, smoothing it out and sweeping it back.]
So. Seven kids, cuz he figured we'd be more loyal. Blood ties, you know? And hey, six outta seven isn't so bad. But I thought there was probably more to life than just running at his heels my whole life.