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Then that is their own foolish loss. For I have found their daughter Helga to be a clever and spirited child that any parent would be proud to have. [And it made him angry that the girls parents did not seem to recognize this.]

And I am sure you do so well with the tools that you have. It's just... it would ease my heart to know you'd have more than one recourse available to you. As I said, I'd rather you be overprepared than underprepared for trouble.

I'd be lying if I said they weren't. [He didn't think he'd be able to after this kind of dream, but Helga's actually managed to make him laugh with that comment.]