Varun: Didn't we do this? I distinctly remember discussing my interview-
Zelda: Interrogation.
Varun: *Rolls eyes* Interrogation with little Akio. Still, I've made no secret of the fact that I'm at least somewhat protective of my little princess when it comes to boys...I was their age once, I know what boys think about.
Zelda: *Quirks a brow* Do ya now?
Varun: *Blushes slightly* Well...actually I was usually thinking about sports games...or action movies to be fair...I wasn't exactly a ladies' mammal going up...
Zelda: *Flashes Varun a dubious gaze* With such roguishly handsome good looks you expect me to believe ya'll wasn't ladies choice in high-school?
Varun: looks can only get you so far...being socially awkward and...admittedly thick-witted when it came to flirting I was...let's just say for a while my parents though I might have been gay.
Zelda: He's not Mom and Dad, believe me...*Bobs her eyebrows suggestively before giggling like a schoolgirl.*
Varun: *Blushes* Mi Corizone, please.
Zelda: Alright, alright....*Chuckles* As fer me, I haven't gone to hard into the Momma wolf mode unless some strange lookin' boys cast eyes Marigold's way...generally iffin' I catch 'em lookin' her up and down like a piece of slow cooked chicken, y'all better believe I'mma scare 'em off. But with lil' Akio, he seems earnest and genuine with how he's feelin' about Mari...even if he's as socially awkward as my Big Kat here when it comes to figurin' out how he feels about Mari...
Varun: Marigold too for that matter...*Groans* I'm really not looking forward to us having to break that down for her soon...
Zelda: Us? More like me...I'm in charge o' that talk and I'm dreadin' it somethin' fierce...*Whines*
Varun:*Varun wraps his paws around Zelda, hugging her tightly* There, there my Love, we still have plenty of time with Marigold before we'll be giving her away at the altar...We must savor it...and it's not like she'd stop being our daughter once she's tithed.
Zelda: I-I know but...*whimpers*
Varun: Think about your Mother-daughter shopping days...knitting together...going to the firing range.
Zelda: *Wipes a tear from her eye.* Well to be fair, that's a family activity...*Chuckles* And she's a crack shot with a pistol...*Shakes head* Just don't tell Ma or she'll be pushin' fer her to have a law career in no time flat.
Varun: *Chuckles* Best grouping I've seen outside of Doreen. And you should see her throw a hatchet.
Zelda: *Ears droop* Y'all went hatchet throwin' without me!? *Pouts.*
Varun: *Chuckles* Apologies, Mi Corizone, but Marigold and I do need some Father-Daughter time too...we can't share every activity. Unless you want to go with us to the ostrich ranch next time because-
Zelda: *Tenses up, pulling away from her mate and looking very uncomfortable* N-Naw y'all can keep the Ostritch wranglin' to just the two of ya...*Laughs awkwardly* I'd prefer not to be anywhere near them birds iffin' the job don't require it thank ya very much.
Varun: Scared of over-sized chickens My Love?
Zelda: More like scared of their raptor claws...*Huffs*
Varun: *Chuckles* What if you had to choose between this and baseball with Mari?
Zelda: *Winces* I'd....I still pick baseball...fer Marigold's sake...But I'd be lyin' iffin' I said I didn't have to think about it fer a hot minute. *Chuckles weakly*
*And for the Doreen and Adrian Follow-up*
Doreen: I got me an inklin'...*Chuckles* I've been hearin' some thangs from the locals about Marigold bein' a crack shot with a pistol from locals who saw her at the range.
Adrian: Doreen...*He says dully, clearly not amused*
Doreen: Now, now, I ain't gonna push...at least not unless Mari shows some interest in wantin' to be an officer like lil' Lily does. I don't wanna be too pushy...the gods know I'm still gettin' shade thrown my way from Vera...
Adrian: That's because she remembers her Puphood Doreen...*Laughs* She's right to wary of y'all...
Doreen: *Shrugs* I suppose that's fair...*Laughs* I just hate seein' natural talent go to waste is all...
Adrian: Anywho, we just fell in love with Marigold the moment we met her. We was ecstatic to have her be a part o' our family. Y'all should know me by now, I don't care what kinda pelt my grandpup has, so long as they're my grandpup.
Doreen: I feel the same way, though granted I didn't express it by pullin' that gal into an almost hour-long hug.
Adrian: *Rolls eyes* It was not an hour-long...*Winces slightly. *Maybe...a little over a half hour, tops!
Doreen: *Snickers*
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