[Below is a combined and archived version of a LiveJournal crosspost and related responses originally here and here, because LiveJournal became hard to impossible for me to access. Icons and threading not preserved, with an attempt to post each reply thread as a single reply.]
[Crash (fun_with_bombs@livejournal.com)]
There's an android who physically looks about ten years old standing around by the sign. The question he asks clashes a bit with his apparent age, but he doesn't care.
"Ok, so I'm finally allowed back in combat situations after a pretty long break. Which is great, because getting to blow things up beats not getting to blow things up any day."
"Catch is, I have a kid now. Before you ask, someone left her on the doorstep. Anyhow, the list of sitters I trust is pretty short, and... I guess what I'm asking is, for anyone actually doing it, how do you balance out the whole work-and-kids thing?"
[Crash (fun_with_bombs@livejournal.com)]
There's an android who physically looks about ten years old standing around by the sign. The question he asks clashes a bit with his apparent age, but he doesn't care.
"Ok, so I'm finally allowed back in combat situations after a pretty long break. Which is great, because getting to blow things up beats not getting to blow things up any day."
"Catch is, I have a kid now. Before you ask, someone left her on the doorstep. Anyhow, the list of sitters I trust is pretty short, and... I guess what I'm asking is, for anyone actually doing it, how do you balance out the whole work-and-kids thing?"