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She got the idea that she might have been interrupting him mid-star creation and all but this was like one of those rare occasions where West decided not to be present and she got to talk to him. Stuff like this didn't happen very often you know.
Needless to say she was a little disappointed that this wasn't his second star. She didn't want to be the only one that went and got her star killed off...that didn't make her look very good and the Professor was probably formulating ideas about her now.
"I was busy too!" This was now her excuse for making Jeffery die. Thanks Mo.
"I mean, there was too much stuff to do and I completely forgot about him for like a month or something..." Ahem, moving on to happier things, like him saying she was a
super fantastic and unbelievable good Star Mama. Okay...so maybe he didn't say it in so many words but she
knew that's what he meant and she grinned.
"Thanks! I'm trying extra hard with him!" Even though she couldn't admit it for fear of hurting Jeffery's feelings, she was actually starting to like him.
"He's a smart star! Knows how to hold conversations and everything!" She liked the kind where the other person just let her talk and be right...perfect conversationalist he was. Never once did he tell her she was wrong. Cue some major proud beaming.
OH! And lookit! He had his star now!!
"Oooooo, newer star," She liked new things...this could be a problem...
Without thinking much of it, she put NOT Jeffery back on the table before turning her full attention to Nova.
"Awwwww, ickle star! So cuuuute! And now you're a star parent so you get to sing to her and read her bed times stories and take her on walks around the lab--because really we can't take them out of here, Professor's rules, I don't get them but it's pretty much whatever--right so you can share candy with her and tell her about your day too. I bet she'll be a good listener; not as good as NOT Jeffery of course," Because no one was better than her star, see that NOT Jeffery, she was being a proud star parent. Feeling loved yet?
"So, what will you do first??" Sing or read Nova a story or walk her around the lab or... feed her candy? Mo considered the options, and he wasn't sure how he felt about any of them. A magicked star wasn't the same as a plant. It wasn't really living... just a chemical reaction. Mo had to sort of adjust his thinking from literal to playful to successfully complete this assignment.
"I'm not much of a singer, so maybe I'll make up a story for Nova. Like..." Mo lifted his jar and made goofy faces at his Nova inside. "Once upon a time, there was a little star named Nova. Annnnd... she was the smallest star in the sky. Sparkly, though, and always happily shining to light the way for people down below who loved to look up at the heavens above."
Maybe Nova liked the star, because she seemed to pulse a little bit. "And that's the end of chapter one. I'll write some more and tell it to you later, okay, Nova?" He patted the top of her jar and set her back far on the counter so no one would knock her over. "Let's go get a snack, Lex."