"Excuses! I coulda killed you! Ain't that the first thing they taught y'all in your day too? Don't make excuses, any task is manageable!" Hunter shot back, looking at him half-seriously. Auror training wasn't always the piece of cake she had hoped for, and she was more than used to her trainers screaming at her about everything under the sun from being late to goofing off. The don't-make-excuses lecture had been an old favorite of the auror currently teaching her combative magic.

"I never said I'd tell anybody.. want me to wear a mask, like Batman and Robin, yeah? But y'all gotta be Robin. It'll be top secret an' besides that, I ain't a damn kid! I'm gonna have a kid, that's how like.. un-kid-like I am, man!"

Taking a moment to flick the ash from her cigarette, she hesitated as she gave him a serious look. "You ain't already hittin' thirty?" she asked seriously.

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"Less of the 'in your day' shit" he sighed. "You can stand in one spot in the snow for fucking nine hours tomorrow."

He looked Hunter up and down, choosing to let the Robin comment slide, even though he would definitely be a batman. "Don't look pregnant" he pointed out. "I've seen a lot of kids who have kids anyways, don't make them any more mature." He flicked his cigarette away and set about lighting another. "And don't call me man."

Ace looked at her sharply, frowning completely. He didn't look that old, did he? He was still a couple of years off! "Fuck off" he grumbled.

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"Honest?!" Hunter asked, with all of the excitement and enthusiasm of a child as she stared at Ace. "Ten bucks says I catch like, twenty damn criminals. Nine hours is forever!"

She looked slightly skeptical herself as he gave her a look over, and she cracked a little grin as he muttered at her. "Struck a nerve, gramps? Don't you worry, yer still the coolest auror to me. I bet y'all like, caught a hundred terrorists over the years, haven't ya? You can tell me!" she insisted, still grinning. "An' besides that, I ain't knocked up.. my ol' lady is."

Puffing out her chest importantly, Hunter puts her hands onto her hips. "I'm more like super dad."

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