Quote Originally Posted by Gez View Post
Well, parenting is going to be weird in a world were people just appear as fully-formed adults out of nowhere, and may very well be alone in the room when they do. Familial ties seem to be an entirely intellectual thing, rather than emotional. "I know you are my brother because I know it, just like I know how to speak and perform my job, without having ever learned or felt anything before."

No wonder Erfworlders are all crazy.
Granted, but outright telling a teenage/young adult/adult/ambiguously aged daughter, to her face, with a completely straight face of your own, "our doom is really lovely", with "our doom", presumably, being said ambiguously aged daughter? Excellent parental example.