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Re: The Next Day
"No, Steve. I don't think you quite caught my meaning." Tony says, returning that gaze.

"My daughter is a complex young woman. Please know right now that I don't have anything against you as a person, Steve. Your mother and father are two of the best people I know and you're a credit to both of them. You've got Clint's confidence and attitude mixed with Bobbi's caring nature and can-do attitude. You're a good man.

Anya, in that same vein, is just like both of her parents. She's driven, ambitious, and she goes to the wall and beyond for the people she loves. She also has a stubborn streak about thirty miles wide, mostly inherited from her mother, though her mother will tell you that's my doing and that I cloned her. You've probably heard this theory, but I'm here to set you straight.

But Anya knows where she's going in life, what she wants and when she intends to have it. She has, despite my personal wishes for her, determined that she wants to marry you. I never believed Anya to be the type that would engage in 'puppy love', so I believe that she means it when she says that she wants to spend the rest of her life with you.

What I /don't/ have a firm grasp of, Steve, is what /your/ goals and ambitions are in life? I'm not asking for a five-year plan. I am asking if you've given thought to the man you intend to be apart from Anya. She is a very dominant personality and her mind works like mine. We see a problem, we assess it, strip it down and attack it. We don't let up until we have what we want. She's my heir, and I want only the best for her in every area of her life, Steve.

If you don't have your own plans and dreams, your own goals and hopes, you need to take a good, long look in the mirror and think about these things before this relationship goes any further. I cannot tell Anya who to love or be friends with. I do expect, however, that the people she chooses to love and befriend honor her in the way that she honors them: completely.

Am I being clear, Steve?" Tony asks.