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Your job is to teach D.J. to love." |
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"How is your department." |
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"I meant, how can I teach her anything when I'm up here and she's down there?" |
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"Obviously you'll get to return to earth for a short period to complete this mission." |
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Josie clapped her hands in delight. "Wonderful. Then I'll get to know my girl. Won't she be happy to meet her mother?" |
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Raphael cleared his throat. |
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"You can't tell her who you are." |
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"Excuse me? I thought you said I couldn't tell my daughter I'm her mother." |
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"That's right. Your mission is to teach her how to love. If she finds out you're her mother, that's all she'll be interested in." |
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"How can she not know I'm her mother? She'll take one look at me and recognize me from pictures. She'll hear my name and know it's her mother's name." |
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Raphael shifted uncomfortably. "I'm afraid not. She's never seen a picture of you or heard you called by the name you prefer. She knows she was named after her mother, but she chooses to use the initials of that name as hers." |
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"Ed named her after me? He knew how much I hated my name." |
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"He was grief stricken. That's why he started calling her D.J.he couldn't stand to hear your true name spoken out loud. Just like he couldn't stand to see your picture and know you were gone. He de- |
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