Skye was confused by Jacklan's answer. Sure, you could adopt an adult but... why would they want a man who was younger than them as their father? She kept painting when the woman asked about the story of Count Dracula. She hesitated in one of her strokes as she thought. She shrugged and continued, "I started once... a couple years back... I never did finished. A kid from one of my foster families kind of spoiled it, saying Van Helsing kills him in the end..."

She changed the colour of her paint and slowly a ballerina emerged from a bunch of coloured dots.
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Jared looked at him and laughed when he said he could beat him in a fight. He stuffed his hands into his pockets, "I'm going to take that as an insult, old man," He chuckled and grinned at him, "And because of that I'm not going to answer your question. Now, come along, I'm starving."

Jared sprinted off into the forest, his nose searching for something big to eat.