Me: ae, do your pinyin homework!
AE: you never let me do whatever I want to!
Me: someday when I’m dead, you can do whatever you want to
Ar: like play iPad all day?
Me: yes
Ae: but you’ll be dead. I’ll never get to see you again.
Me: yes
AE: I just wish we would never die so we can always see each other
Me: yah, that would be nice. But when we die we will get to see God
AE: oh yah. maybe we can ask him to make us back into people.

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AE: mom, when I grow up, I won’t need any more math!