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claire winchester is not your typical superhero (goallbuffyonus) wrote in colligo_threads,

Wrong answer.

Actually, Claire amended as Gabi all but sauntered into the room and announced, rather firmly, that Uncle Gabe should've been consulted about any changes to the blueprints of the house, two wrong answers. Which meant, when faced with the second one, Claire was more than willing to let the first one, about her uterus, slide.

After all, there wasn't much that was scarier than one of her children deciding that you had done something that you shouldn't have done.

Fortunately for Lucifer, before Gabi could really get wound up and ready to defend Gabriel, and even before Claire could come up with something to say to deter such a thing, Meri was on the scene. Out of the new room like a bullet, she shot Lucifer a look that clearly said "stop talking, now, for the love of puppies and Christmas stop. talking" she then turned to her little sister.

"Gabi," she said in a tone that Claire easily recognized as a combination of authoritative and reassuring, "he taught Uncle Gabe what he knows." A pause, just long enough for Gabi to presumably register what her older sister was saying, and Meri continued. "You always used the slide to get downstairs until I showed you how to use the laundry chute. It's like that."

Another pause, and Meri tipped her head toward the new room. "Now come on. There's a ball pit in there!"

Claire wasn't quite sure how that statement was going to solve anything, but she stayed silent and glanced over to Lucifer with a look that insisted he do the same. Or, at least, not comment until Gabi had weighed the pros and cons of what Meri had said and reached her own conclusion.

Although she couldn't help but speak up, after a second or two, with a rather pointed, "You know, girls, your dad will be home soon. Whatever exploring you're going to do, it better be quick. He's definitely going to want help carrying in supplies, when he gets here."

What? Just because she didn't actively take sides in arguments between her kids didn't mean she hadn't all but perfected the art of convincing them to move along and do something else, when she really wanted. That was just part of what it meant to be a mom, as far as she was concerned.