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[peccatore]

Er,

Well, I can't lie, it hasn't always been great.
But I think I've been doing much better in recent years.

[loungelizard]

Why the Fourth?

He's a kid.

One that didn't ask for this, to boot.

[peccatore]

[...]

Isn't that all the more reason to help him?

[loungelizard]

Help him do what?

[peccatore]

Help him in general.
You said it yourself, he's a kid.

[And since Larry is, after all, a trusted coworker... Maybe Marco ought to say this much, too. Be just a little more upfront about his motives.]

One who didn't have a good father.

[loungelizard]

So you're...trying to be a father figure to him?

[peccatore]

I suppose you could say that's part of it, in a certain sense

[loungelizard]

So how do you discipline someone who is objectively more powerful than you?

[peccatore]

Well, it's not exactly a matter of disciplining him.
I've been a bad influence on him in the past, so I try to do the opposite now.
Of course I can't ground him or anything, but maybe that's not necessary.