CH 20
I think Ted might be messing with Evan or something like was suggested in comments. This chapter doesn't really make sense otherwise.
I'm a little puzzled by the great lead in to meeting her, why discuss it so vaguely for so long? "Would you meet my six year old niece? She has a request for you." Serious, how hard would that be.
But the bottom of page 9 has me really baffled if Teds not just messing with Evan. What does "taking her request" mean??? Normally I would think taking a request means the same as accepting it, like taking it on. But the request is that of marriage from a six year old he's never met before, so I guess taking it means hearing it? Can the translator please shine a light on the word that was translated to "accept"?
And what does he mean by discipline??!?? Evans not a authority figure for her, what does Ted want, him to ground her? I guess Evan could spank her, but I'd recommend against that. Lock her in jail? I see no way for Evans to "discipline" her without getting into heaps of trouble himself. Besides, childish requests for marriage isn't a punishment worthy thing, no matter how you look at it.
Really, Ch20 seems like it could have been funny. Reversal of expectations and all can be hilarious. But it really went about it all wrong IMO. Ted wasn't messing with Evan, it was just a badly done joke.
Edited by truepurple, 31 August 2017 - 02:32 PM.