"That's because you're a smart man," she said with a grin. "Okay, daddy, much as I love you, food and feeding the spawnlet totally come first. I'll call you back later, okay?"
It still took Peri another five minutes and half a dozen bits of advice from him to get her father off the phone.
"I love the man to death, but if he's this flaily and protective now after two months, I'm kinda scared of what he's going to be like when I'm ready to pop."