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This was bad.
Crosshair knew he needed to keep Mayday awake if Mayday was going to survive this kriffing blizzard. So he searched his mind for topics to keep Mayday awake, his brain settled on one after what felt like forever but was only a few minutes and he said, "I have a kid." Crosshair feels Mayday pause.
Mayday tilts his helmeted head to look at Crosshair before saying, "You got a kid?" Crosshair nodded in response, "I do."
Mayday nods a little and after a moment of silence he says, "Alright, tell me about them."
Smiling a little to himself, Crosshair starts to speak. "His name is Kasi. He's really the best kid ever - I don't deserve to have him as a son. He's so damn cute, and I just want to see him again." A fond smile appears on his face as he thinks of his precious son, he would do anything if it meant getting to at least tuck his precious baby into bed one more time, kiss him on the forehead, and tell him he loves him and that he'll never leave him behind.
Mayday laughs softly and says, "You sound like you really love him, but you said you don't deserve him as a son. What do you mean by that?"
A long pause follows Mayday's question.
Crosshair finally speaks, "It's just that sometimes I wonder if he mistakes me for Wrecker, Wrecker is great with him. He can easily show affection and tell him he loves him, but I can't. I'm pretty shit at it actually, but kriff..that kid still thinks the galaxy of me.." Crosshair remembers the last time he told his son he loved him, it was before the chip took full control over him. Crosshair remembers promising him that everything will be okay and that he needs to go with his uncles for a while.
Mayday's voice brings him out of his train of thought, "How'd you meet the kid?"
"Before the fall of Republic, my vod'e and I were sent to deliver refugees from a destroyed village on Shili to a place where they can receive help from the Republic, we had been expecting a big number so we borrowed a larger ship but when we got there we found out the only survivor was Kasi. Just a few days shy of turning eleven, the poor kid didn't have anywhere else to go so we took him in and I became a father.." Crosshair explained softly.
Crosshair continues to talk about his son, his Kasi, whom he held so much pride and love for that Mayday could hear it plain as day.
"You sound like you really love him."
"I do, I really do.."
"I hope I get to meet him, he sounds like a good kid."
"You will, I promise. We'll get out of this and I'll introduce you to him. I can't wait to see him again.."