That's so fucked up??? That's so fucked up. Magnus considers his words for a second.
"My father," he says, finger-spelling F-R-E-Y instead of signing 'dad,' "Is one of the good ones, I guess. He loved my mom, and sometimes he helps me out on my quests to save the world." He shrugs. "Loki tries to command everything Sam and Alex do. Including their heartbeats, if they're fighting him. Mr. Alderman -- my friend Hearthstone's dad -- wanted him to be a different son than the one he was. Not Deaf, for one, but also willing to fall in line with Mr. Alderman's picture of a perfect, like, I don't know. I hesitate to say 'family.'" A reflexive, fleeting grin. "I should probably say that I've defeated Loki in a couple of different ways, and Mr. Alderman twice. I, um. Got Mr. Alderman turned into a ring dragon, and then I killed him, and accidentally ate his hearts-blood. That's why I can talk to animals."
It's not an offer, per se, but Magnus does think that all his friends who clearly have really bad dads should know that his main talent, besides being a good friend, is defeating bad dads.
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"My father," he says, finger-spelling F-R-E-Y instead of signing 'dad,' "Is one of the good ones, I guess. He loved my mom, and sometimes he helps me out on my quests to save the world." He shrugs. "Loki tries to command everything Sam and Alex do. Including their heartbeats, if they're fighting him. Mr. Alderman -- my friend Hearthstone's dad -- wanted him to be a different son than the one he was. Not Deaf, for one, but also willing to fall in line with Mr. Alderman's picture of a perfect, like, I don't know. I hesitate to say 'family.'" A reflexive, fleeting grin. "I should probably say that I've defeated Loki in a couple of different ways, and Mr. Alderman twice. I, um. Got Mr. Alderman turned into a ring dragon, and then I killed him, and accidentally ate his hearts-blood. That's why I can talk to animals."
It's not an offer, per se, but Magnus does think that all his friends who clearly have really bad dads should know that his main talent, besides being a good friend, is defeating bad dads.