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I watching Kayla and Sa---Malakai, toy around, thinking back to my roots.
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"Babe! He got a splinter!" She exclaimed, Malakai now crying
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"He fell on carpet?!" I asked, raising a brow at the whole thing. "How the. . ."
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"I don't know but we have to take him to the hospital wing!" She exclaimed, scooping up the baby
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"Kay it's a splinter, it cannot require the damn hospital." I noted, not believing it.
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"Look!" She said, showing Malakai's hand to Gale. There was a tiny, 1mm long splinter barely sticking into his thumb
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"Babe, it's a tiny prick, here, look," I mused, grabbing a pair of tweezers from my desk, pulling it out within the blink of an eye. "See? He's fine, all better now."
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Malakai had stopped crying now and Kayla set him down so he could play. She chewed her lip, watching him with a worried expression
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"He's fine, see?" I asked, prying a dagger handle out of his hand, glad the blade was knocked out.
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She didn't respond, eyes on the baby
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