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Library - 12/14

After getting ~~handwaved~~ phone call from Rory, Isabel hurried down to open the library.

"Because it's my baby," Isabel explained. "He needed a face (http://pics.livejournal.com/izzyalienqueen/pic/00001c8b). Isn't he cute?"

"You gave birth to an egg?" Joxer's own eyes bugged.

It's been a bit of a rough week. Isabel decided she needed to get her laughs where she could. "Yes," she said with a perfectly straight face. "It's an alien thing. I have to build a nest now and sit on it for a few weeks."

Joxer opened and closed his mouth a few times.

"You need help building the nest?" he asked.

"Oh Joxer," Isabel laughed, "Thank you! But no. I don't need a nest and I didn't lay an egg. This is project for my Ethics class. I'm sorry for teasing you, I've just had a week and wanted to have a little fun."

"Oh," Joxer said, rubbing the back of his head. "So, you're egg decorating for ethics. That's a class I should've signed up for."

"The decorations aren't required, I'm just entertaining myself. The egg is supposed to represent a baby though," she explained. "We're supposed to be responsible for it and keep it safe until next week's class."

"You might want to think about getting some armor for it," Joxer said. "Those things can be pretty delicate."

"You know Joxer, that's not a bad idea. Maybe a nice well padded lunch box?" Isabel wondered.

"Yeah, want to make sure there's enough cushion. Might just want to boil the thing just to be double-safe. Toughen it right up," Joxer said.

Isabel looked appalled. "Why does everyone want to boil my baby?"

"But it's just an egg," Joxer said. "Not a baby. You can tell cause it's missing most of the redeeming baby features like being cute, but it's also got something going for it with being quieter and less likely to be smelly. At least, not for a while."

"But boiling it defeats the purpose of the project, which is teaching responsibility while caring for something that's so fragile!" she replied.

"Oh," Joxer said. "I didn't know that." He scratched his chin. "Maybe that lunch box... yeah. That's a good idea. Not boiling. That'd be bad. Because you can't boil a real baby to make it tougher. That would be wrong."

"On more levels then can possibly be counted," Isabel said. "A lunch box it is. Now I just need to find one."

"I think we sell them down at All and Sundries," Joxer said.

"I'll have to stop by then. Thanks Joxer."

"You're welcome," he said. "I'll see you later."

And then he left the library, completely having forgotten to do what he had come to do in the first place.

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