I.
Jane: I don’t understand. I don’t understand how two people who love each other as much as I know you two do can fight so much!
Flora: Oh, Mom. Don’t worry. We’re just like Sadie and Carter. (Sadie and Carter Kane, from The Kane Chronicles.)
Cinder: Yeah, we fight all the time…
Flora: … but we cooperate when it matters.
Cinder: Yeah, we’d totally work together to save the world. Right, Flora?
Flora: Right… Ouch! Why’d you punch me?
Cinder: The world is not in peril right now.
II.
Cinder: Mom! I taught Ender a new word!
Jane: Oh, dear God. Do I want to hear this?
Cinder: Ender! What do you say?
Ender: Butt sack! Butt sack!
Jane: Butt sack?
Cinder: It’s a euphemism. Do you want to know for what?
Jane: No.
III.
Jane: Ender, beloved, the potty is right there. Why did you pee on the floor? Again?
Ender: I hate potty. I never pee in potty again.
Jane: Why?
Ender: Potty evil.
Jane: Cinder!
Cinder: What? Why are you assuming I told him the potty was evil?
Silence.
Cinder: Well, it’s not like he was using it much anyway.
IV.
Flora: Moooom! Maggie’s drinking pee!
Jane: What? Oh… no, that’s okay, that’s water.
Flora: You… gave… Maggie… water… in… Ender’s POTTY?
Jane: Well… it’s not like he’s using it these days.
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