#i'm sure it's no surprise that sidney's all about facts and science

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Courtney: I definitely heard something again last night. Oscar: Maybe we should get the Ouija board out. [Sidney scoffs] Robin: What’s a squeegee board? Oscar: [laughs] A Ouija board. Courtney: People use them to talk to spirits. Robin: Ghosts? [Sidney mutters quietly, earning herself a glare from Oscar] Oscar: Uh-huh. Sidney: [tuts] Don’t encourage him-.. ghosts don’t exist, honey. Robin: What about the lady? Sidney: See? You fill his head full of nonsense and now-… Oscar: If you don’t shut up… [Sidney rolled her eyes at her son and scoffed once more. Robin glanced between the pair, not quite understanding the tension between them, but feeling it nonetheless] [Oscar scowled, he was glad to be on good terms with his parents again, but their dismissive nature toward children’s thoughts, beliefs or supposed imaginings pissed him off something rotten] Alton: Each to their own and all… [Oscar’s frown deepened at his father’s lazy attempt to halt the argument, a fresh wave of bitterness forming a knot in his chest as he remembered his own childhood] Robin: Papa… [Robin tugged at his father’s hair; the concern in his eyes enough to dissuade Oscar from biting. Instead, he wrapped an arm around his son, gave him a squeeze and whispered…] Oscar: Don’t worry, I believe you.