Dad hit lecture mode from word one.

“And it's just a hunt?" Bea asked. "Just tracking the guy down, or are we going …”

“She had that motherly no-bullshit way of using her hands as a second communicat…”

“So, the date was on. I’d tell Zayvion I had a chaperone. Maybe he could help me…”

“magic was not a required course. He could have a degree in Wiffle ball for all …”