Ranma looked over the document and saw that it matched what the young woman was telling him. "Oh, that's rig.... WHAT?!" "It was decided that it would be best to give you another slave."
"'Xcuse me, but I already had a good enough slave, and you're givin' me a new one as it is."
"There are reasons for that."
"I'm sure that there are. It's just that there are some other things to worry about. Do you think my son's supposed to be traipsing around with an army of slaves following his every move?" Genma asked, a disapproving frown on his face.
"Pop is right 'bout that," the pigtailed boy agreed. "For once."
"HEY!"
"But it doesn't figure that ya should give me another slave at a drop of the hat. I mean, it ain't like they're just cheap dolls that ya could get at the pachinko parlor."
Waving one hand gently at the two Saotome males, Kaede smiled apologetically. "That's true, but we're working on a plan for you, and the truth is that you could use some help in other areas as well."
"We've gotten by well enough so far...."
"And you have been scraping by through it all."
"Yeah, well.... We ain't be lookin' for handouts."
"Think about what you're saying, boy," his father growled.
"Well, some of us ain't. At least, not ones that we don't know what they're supposed ta do for us."
"Good boy."
"Stupid old man."
"Grrr...."
"The truth is that we were originally just going to give the new slave some new equipment so that you could have some support materials, and we could get some field testing done on those new products. They'd be going along with her personal effects, which would in effect, and legally, make them belong to her owner," the young woman admitted, shrugging as she did so.
"What sort of 'equipment' are we talking about here?"
"Packs that made of material that isn't supposed to rip, but it is light weight. Medical kits that have enough for a doctor to start work immediately. A data unit that would both keep records and information handy, as well as allow you to keep in touch wherever you'd go...."
"And what happens to that stuff now?"
"More than likely, you'll still get it."
"Oh, okay. That's good then."
Ranma rolled his eyes as his father's expression got a bit too bright. "And you're still planning on givin' me another slave?"
"The company is."
"Just what is that I could be missin' that they could cover with me havin' another slave?"
"A guard to keep an eye out for threats to you when you'd be relaxing. Help when in school, when you attend. Strength to carry extra equipment. Someone to practice with you or Rei when you want to train them. Help understanding certain things about things that you don't really get. Entertainment. A companion who could bring energy to your life. Someone who isn't supposed to be a parental figure for you to associate with. Someone to run errands...."
"I didn't ask for a list," Ranma sourly muttered.
"Sorry. Your second new slave won't have to do all that though. Just a little help will do wonders in this case."
"Okay, so I understand that much. And this is the slave that I'm gettin'?"
"That's exactly right."
"Gotcha," the teenager answered, glancing back down to the page in question, and taking in the name of his new slave:
(Posted Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:10)
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