“Ah, come on, sure it couldn’t be that bad.” Smiling himself, he explained, “Bet it would be nice to have someone innocent looking up to you and stuff.”
“You sound like Mom.” With a sigh, Karen explained, “Would never want a baby around here. They’re just loud and annoying.”
“Completely?” Maybe sounding a little insulted now (appropriately, since Karen was talking about him specifically, if indirectly), Dillion questioned, “I mean, we’d get to protect him and make sure he grows up alright and-”
“Yeah, no.” Holding up a hand, Karen replied, “You can’t teach babies to do much since all they do is drool on themselves and never want to learn. And you can’t beat them up because that’ll just make them cry more.”