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Aw I love this. It's kinda adorable.

It was a lot of fun to write-- Ken and Joe being bratty kids!

Another nice little slice of life. It is fun to write the characters as kids, and I find your portrayal of Nambu incredibly comforting in that you are able to describe an individual with even less of a clue about small children than me. (I'd quite happily take the Jesuits at their word when they say, "Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man," because that means they'd have to deal with all the potty training and everything.) PS: When I read the title of this fic, Queen's Bicycle Song immediately began playing in my head.

The fight over the bike. So it begins! Lol. Such a kid thing to do. I could imagine Joe as a kid being a bully if left unchecked. He would have been hard work at times. Ken... yep hard work too just different angles.

You nailed it on he head, RB. That's boys all right. I love how you used them speaking their own languages yet they seemed to understand a little of what they were telling each other.

GGO: While Nambu knows little of raising kids, I know even less! Unless it's 4 legged furry kids, with tails. LOL Ebony: I could just see Joe being a brat. I always imagined him being a little hellion on BC Island. Always thought his parents were never around, preoccupied with Galactor, until they defected. Little Joe left to his own devices, could be a very bad thing (probably also very humorous!) Becky: Thanks! That was one of the things I was shooting for--that even though they didn't speak the same language, there was something that they both understood about one another, on some level--even though they didn't realize it,etc. I think in real life, this does happen with people. Sometimes you just "click" with another person.