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The lanky man was leaning back on his chair with both legs spread wide open in the air like he was about to give birth to a missile. His eldest daughter simply passed by him, shaking her head either in dismay or exasperation. Or both.
Dad: HeyHEY, hey look, bitch look!
Daughter: Dishes, fuck off.
Dad: Hey! You! Look, now!
From the corner of the big room where she slept in a hammock, Helen turns to look. The shock from finding him in such a stupid position is enough to steal her laugh. The man puts a lighter between his legs.
Dad: Lil Cigar, look, wanna see why they call me the dragon?
Helen blinks. The chorus of kids playing football outside and two different TVs way too loud didn't let the little girl hear. She stands (with some difficulty) and walks to the other side of the room, where the sink and fridge are.
Dad: Wanna see why they call me the dragon?
Helen: What a doragon?
Dad: Stand a little bit back so you can get a good lo-
A full-fledged woman enters the room. Considering the belly, maybe too much woman at once. She doesn't look happy.
Woman: Caught you MOTHERFUCKER
Dad: Oh, Christ-
Woman: Y'WERE SUPPOSED TO BE at the INTERVIEW. Y' BITCH ASS TOLD ME Y'GET Y'GONNA PUT YO ASS TO WORK LIKE A MONTH AGO
Dad: Hey HEY sugar, wanna see why they call me the dragon?
Woman: ...what the HELLare you doinAND in front of yo lil baby? AND YOU SUGAR ME??? IN FRONT OF MAH JESUS?
Dad: I told you like then times, that's Obi-Wan, that's not Jesus.
Woman: WAT DAT SMELL?
Eyes frowning like two guns taking aim, she sniffs one and then again with such force that Helen's red bangs are sucked in.
Dad: Lorena took a mutant shit again.
Daughter: Eighteen and you'll never see me again.
Dad: Aww come on girl, shit is natural.
Daughter: You think I'm joking.
Woman: Baby cmere baby, he high so stay low.
Dad: I'm not drugged. You keep saying that. I don't like it.
As the big woman very easily lifts Helen and takes her back to the hammock, the little girl spots her dad from over that rock of a shoulder. He seems quite upset; but quiet. Then he smiles.
Dad: Look, Helena. Look.
Helen looks.
Half a tenth of a second before the house exploded, Helen saw the dragon.
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