Josie: I have a new crusshhhhh

Matt: Me too! On a boy!

Pearl: You're a boy with a crush on a boy?

Matt: Yeah he's really cute.

Pearl: Oh.

(pause for a bit)

Matt: Boys can like boys. I just can't marry him because boys can't marry boys.

Me: Yeah they can. You can marry whoever you want.

Matt: Really?

Josie: YEAH my tia has a wife so now I have a titi and a auntie.

Matt: Okay. Then maybe I'll marry him.

Dave: (from across the room) No you can't you're seven.

As your (now-young-adult) hatchling, I will always listen to what you have to say. But as a being who lives in and experiences this time period, I can't blindly follow your words.

This is not defiance, or rebellion -- I hear the wisdom in your words; however, time is ever-changing so my thoughts and actions can never fully match your ideal no matter how much you try to pound them in.

So, Mom, Dad:

"... you've seen a lot of things and I think you're already decisive about it./But, as for me.../I still don't understand anything.../That's why I'm going to see everything with my own eyes and then decide what to do!"

- Kaneki Ken, Tokyo Ghoul