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[ it's after his meet-up with his supervisor that he gets a call from robin to babysit alice. of course he says 'yes' -- he has nothing planned for the day & would never consciously turn down time with his niece. & like he told robin before, more free air should do him some good; who knows, if he's feeling better in mind, the body might follow. (he didn't really believe that since the damage from the accident has been said to be absolute, but a little bit of feigned hope wasn't too heavy to carry around.)

that's the context to their current scenario: at the park with alice, doing whatever she wants until it's time for lunch & ice cream. time with uncle nick is the time to get spoiled, so he doesn't worry too much about feeding her nutritional things; he's pretty sure his ~~mom~~ sis has that covered anyway. ]

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[ beams, nodding excitedly. ]

That's right! Good job! [ presses their hands together again. ] Since I have ten fingers, that means you have ten fingers, too. So when we put them together, we have twenty fingers!

[ looks awed and amazed at this new fact, pulling away to look down at her hands... then lifts her hands up to nick. ]

Uncle, uncle! If we put our hands together we have tuh-- tuh-wen-tee fingers!

[ places his hands against hers like lyssa did to complete the set, smiling helplessly at her antics. ]

Make sure to show your mom later, okay? You're going to amaze her.

[ nods and leans over to push her face into nick's side, rubbing her nose there affectionately before picking up her pencil to start drawing again. ]

[ while he keeps quiet for a moment, just letting her do her thing until an idea pops in his head. ]

Oh! [ reaches over to his messenger bag, pulling out a case of colored pencils to show it to alice. ] Would you like to color your picture?

[ again, the sparkles come forth. lifts her hands up towards the case. ]

Yes, please!

[ laughs and opens it for her, handing it on over. as she's picking out some colors he finally turns to nick again. ]

Did you teach her how to draw?

[ leans back against the bench to watch alice. gaze goes briefly to lyssa at the question & then shakes his head. ]

Nah. Talent's all hers.

[ hums in a considering noise, as if second-guessing him. instead of one of his typical remarks: ]

Babysitting for the day, then? Sounds like fun. I love babysitting my cousins, they're always full of surprises.

[ raises an eyebrow at that. not many people, nevertheless teenagers, like babysitting for free. which only leads to one conclusion really. ]

Good kids?

They're angels! [ turns to face nick more, looking rather excited to be able to ~~brag~~ talk about his ~~babies~~ cousins. ] There are the twins, my aunt Danielle's children. Sometimes they can be a handful, but they're really sweet deep down inside. And my other aunt, Nathania, has a daughter around Alice's age. She's absolutely adorable!

[ listens to the yammer with his typical impatience, nodding here and there. ]

You get to see them often?

[ nods, eyes going back to alice('s coloring) again. ]

As often as possible.

Lives close by?

Nathania and her husband do. [ smiles faintly and shrugs a bit, lightly kicking at the leaves under his feet. ] Danielle's place is further away, since she owns horses.

[ raises an eyebrow at the latter, a little interested. ]

A horse ranch or just a private owner?

[ blinks at the question, eyes lifting as he thinks on that. ]

It's kind of a horse ranch-slash-vet. She's a veterinarian and animals just kind of flock to her naturally, so she just keeps them around if they want to stay.

[ snorts softly. ]

A modern-day Snow White, huh?

[ she looks up at nick when she hears "snow white". before lyssa can reply: ]

I like Snow White.

[ glances down at her, amused. ]

Is she your favourite Disney Princess?

[ nods, coloring the drawing's ground purple. ]

Yes. She likes animals and I do too...

[ stares at the big mess of purple then shakes his head fondly. ]

You should talk to your mom about getting a pet.

[ switches out the purple pencil for yellow, drawing a happy-looking sun in the corner of the page. ]

She says I can when I am older. Maybe when I am uncle's age.

Hmm. . . no, I don't think you have to wait that long. [ short pause. ] What would you like?

[ eyes are wide when she looks up at him again. ]

Something fluffy.