[Someday, maybe, he'll learn that they're not as precarious as he thinks. There is no uneasy truce; they are not at war. They go through patches of hard times, don't always get along, but she always loves him. After almost ten years, that's not going to change any time soon.
Have you considered a nanny? She stares at him, not shocked or appalled — just confused. It takes her a moment to remember what a nanny is.]
No?
[The idea that she could use a nanny never even occurred to her.... She's never known anyone who had one. In the Southern Water Tribe, nannies aren't necessary — children are raised by the community as much as by their parents. Pema never used one, but she has the support of the entire Air Temple Island community.]
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Have you considered a nanny? She stares at him, not shocked or appalled — just confused. It takes her a moment to remember what a nanny is.]
No?
[The idea that she could use a nanny never even occurred to her.... She's never known anyone who had one. In the Southern Water Tribe, nannies aren't necessary — children are raised by the community as much as by their parents. Pema never used one, but she has the support of the entire Air Temple Island community.]