"So that's what you did?"
"That's what I did, Mom."
"But before you left, you said they were rambunctious"
"That's true."
"Who's to say they haven't gone back to playing in the halls the moment you stepepd away?"
"I don't know. Could be."
"Maybe you should use your Skills to check in on them one last time. This School is for the future of all, Ruby. Might not be a bad idea. Can't have anything go wrong for your Second."
"Ma, I told them I wouldn't….and I shouldn't."
"Can't or won't?"
"I thought you were against me using my powers? Said it was a curse and that I shouldn'y have been born."
"You shouldn't have. You were a miracle at a time I couldn't…."
"You don't have to say anything."
"You were never a curse. I just…."
"Never asked if I was born for a different reason? Hiding from the world was one thing. Hiding from my own family.....something entirely different. If I knew I had your support, then I..."
"Wouldn't have secretly helped me find a cure for yourself."
"Blacmailing me into making my own 'Cure?'
I found it by the way."
"The Blackmail?"
"Wait, you really did write a…..no. I meant the 'Cure.' The cake recipe you made. As well as your Lab you told me never to go in. The Book you always read to me, and now…..this School couldn't have existed without you."
"No…..This School is yours. I may have provided the physical Materials, but at the end of the day, those are just….Syy.."
"Symobls."
"Now you remember. A toothbrush is just a toothbrush, and a stick of deodorant a stick of deodorant, but if you put those two in the hands of one who truly sees them for more than that; then they will feel they can accomplish anything."
"You know, we are offering Adult nightclasses so that the Kids are not completely alienated from their parents. If we can get the whole family as one, then their will be no hiding."
"Unlock at my age? Ha. You're lucky I am still here."
"You have Natysh to thank for that."
"Or the good Lord. If he would've killed me, He would have done so already. Since He hasn't, then that means He is having me wait for something."
"You kidding? Ma, you'll live forever. You'll live to be one hundred thirty years old."
"I thought the limit was one hundred twenty?"
"The way you keep breaking records, I am sure you could break even His."
*Cough….cough*
"Now that....would be a Miracle."
"Are you ok? What if I...Here, let me…"
"Ruby, It's ok. You don't need to be God. I will be fine."
*Cough….cough*
"What good are powers if I can't even protect my own?"
"No… Ruby, I said…No. You…"
*Whoooo*
"What the? Why didn't it…"
"I should really."
"No. Wait. Maybe because we're blood somehow it confuses and thinks you already have it. I'll…"
"No need to try again.
Just let me reminisce about the days of old and the years that have gone by. So much has changed. So much has grown, and so much has…"
"Maybe not everything.
Come with me."
"What?"
"Hold out your hands."
"Oh, no. No. No. No. I am not teleporting with you. Who knows where we'll end up...or I'll end up."
"You don't trust your own Daughter?"
"The…..
Fine."
"Here we go."
*Vroom*