[ JACKSON HEART ]

[socialcapital]

[ THIS HEART WILL HAVE CWS FOR:

- CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- CHILD ABUSE
- SLAVERY
- DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ]

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[worldlyafflictions]

[Coming over to check out the fruits]

You guys'll have ta pick out the mangoes, I've never seen 'em on their trees before.

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[socialcapital]

"Ummm... that one looks good."

"And that one!"

"And that one..."

There's lots of excited bouncing and pointing.

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[worldlyafflictions]

This one--that one--? [turning the completely wrong ones]

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[socialcapital]

"Noooo!"

"Pick me up. I'll get them."

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[worldlyafflictions]

[snrk]

Okay okay, hop up. [crouching and patting a shoulder so he can piggyback one of them]

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[socialcapital]

The one who isn't holding the stick uses his advantage of two free hands to scramble up for piggyback.

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[worldlyafflictions]

[Standing up with a baby and leaning so he can examine mangoes]

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[socialcapital]

The baby being carried expertly picks out a series of ripe mangoes, looking smug about it.

The remaining baby holds your leg in exactly the same way someone might hold a ladder to steady it.

...

It's the thought that counts.

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[worldlyafflictions]

Those look tasty--pass 'em down ta whatsyername [bending over a bit after each mango so they can hand them off]

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[socialcapital]

Ground level baby puffs his cheeks up, holding up three fingers like that's supposed to mean anything before becoming occupied with holding mangoes.

"I'm Azir!"

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[worldlyafflictions]

Oh, this wasn't Azir? [bouncing the kid who's piggyback]

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[socialcapital]

Piggyback baby holds up four fingers.

"I'm Firuz!"

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[worldlyafflictions]

[holds up three fingers with one hand and four fingers with the other]

I'm Loren?

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[socialcapital]

They look at the fingers and go :O

"You have SIX siblings?"

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[worldlyafflictions]

[well, he didn't lie]

Ah, they're not all older than me though, I'm fifth.

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[socialcapital]

"That's so many..."

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[worldlyafflictions]

It's a lot. I'm not gettin' mangoes for them though, so we probably picked enough. [Letting Firuz down]

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[socialcapital]

"Yeah, that's enough."

Azir immediately hands Firuz a mango out of his armful of fruits.

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[worldlyafflictions]

[Gives them both patpats on the head and plops on the ground himself]

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[socialcapital]

Azir thinks about it for a long time and then also gives you a mango. Out of politeness.

Re: [ ROUGH DIRT ]

[worldlyafflictions]

Oh, a man who keeps his agreements! Thanks [he will take a mango]

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[socialcapital]

"You helped, so it's fair."

"Wanna see something neat?"

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[worldlyafflictions]

Sure.

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[socialcapital]

The twins both walk a little further past the trees and put a mango each on a white marble round... table? Altar? Hm.

Either way, when Firuz asks the table to prepare it for them some invisible figure picks up each fruit, peels it, cuts it up, then carries off the peels to compost. Handy. No wonder the garden is more fun.

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[worldlyafflictions]

Wild! What was that?