"Come on, don't you think you're taking this a little too seriously?" Brainstorm asks, pointing to the folders, binders, and color-coded indices threatening to tumble off of the kitchen table. Even Percy looks a little pale at the sight.
"Nonsense. Do you have any idea how many potential hazards there are to a young child in the average household? Even after mitigating risks wherever possible, I still count one hundred and twenty-seven areas of increased risk. You will find the complete listing in Appendix B along with their locations overlaid onto the blueprints for the structure in Appendix C. Mind you, that only counts structural hazards; for a non-exhaustive list of behavioral hazards, you will want Chapter 2 of Binder C, or the summary index in Appendix H."
"Sadaharu," Percy says weakly, "this is longer than the Tyrest Accord. Is it normal for this...babysitting...to involve such extensive notes?"
"From my understanding, we have provided more documentation than is standard; however, Kaoru and I agreed that this is something of a special case. He is still not entirely comfortable with the idea of leaving Shingo with you given your...lack of experience with human sparklings. I hoped this documentation would help assuage his fears."
"We'll be fine. I mean, how wrong can we really go in two hours? Oh, look! Did you see that, Percy? He smiled at me! Hi, Shingo. Excited to spend some time with your dad's dads tonight?"
Inui turns to Perceptor. "Look, just try not to blow anything up, keep Shingo out of anything he is not supposed to be in, and for the love of Primus, if there are any minor mishaps, do not announce them to Kaoru, okay? He has not stopped worrying since his mother called to report a broken ankle and a need to cancel the planned babysitting arrangements."
A Smart Robot's Guide to Babysitting: Extended Snamily, G
"Nonsense. Do you have any idea how many potential hazards there are to a young child in the average household? Even after mitigating risks wherever possible, I still count one hundred and twenty-seven areas of increased risk. You will find the complete listing in Appendix B along with their locations overlaid onto the blueprints for the structure in Appendix C. Mind you, that only counts structural hazards; for a non-exhaustive list of behavioral hazards, you will want Chapter 2 of Binder C, or the summary index in Appendix H."
"Sadaharu," Percy says weakly, "this is longer than the Tyrest Accord. Is it normal for this...babysitting...to involve such extensive notes?"
"From my understanding, we have provided more documentation than is standard; however, Kaoru and I agreed that this is something of a special case. He is still not entirely comfortable with the idea of leaving Shingo with you given your...lack of experience with human sparklings. I hoped this documentation would help assuage his fears."
"We'll be fine. I mean, how wrong can we really go in two hours? Oh, look! Did you see that, Percy? He smiled at me! Hi, Shingo. Excited to spend some time with your dad's dads tonight?"
Inui turns to Perceptor. "Look, just try not to blow anything up, keep Shingo out of anything he is not supposed to be in, and for the love of Primus, if there are any minor mishaps, do not announce them to Kaoru, okay? He has not stopped worrying since his mother called to report a broken ankle and a need to cancel the planned babysitting arrangements."