"Hey mama?"

"Yes munchkin?" Jinx was at her desk tinkering away on a personal project. While she did do projects for school at home occasionally, she preferred to do them at the school lab, so as to not interfere with her home time which was normally spent completely with her little one.

Right now she was fixing up an old record player she had. Originally she had found it in the trash a few years ago, but when she looked it over it still seemed to be in working condition, which it was. But after an incident with the kid, the platter had detached and the tone arm was slightly loose. While she didn't have much experience with Record Players it didn't seem like a terribly hard fix.

"Can you make me a phone?" The question made her stop and turn around.

"You want me to make you a phone?" She asked slowly, already going over in her head all the parts she would need that she already had, what she would need to get, and what she would also need to research to find out what else she would need that she hadn't thought of.

It was quiet for a minute but Jinx didn't even notice with how wrapped up in her thoughts she had gotten.

"I'm sorry, is that too much? I don't need a phone."

Jinx stopped before getting up and walking over to her bed, "It's most certainly not too much. What have we talked about? Come on, what's the general rule?"

The little girl gave a giggle when Jinx tickled her a bit, but when she only puffed her cheeks with a grin she gave her a playful glare before diving in and tickling her silly.

"Mama!" The squeal was high-pitched and didn't deter the woman for even a second.

"Okay! Pleaseeee!" Jinx could tell her little girl was losing her breath and so she stopped and gave a smug look to her kid.

"And our general rule issss?"

"Mama can do anything, especially for me." Jinx leaned down and gave a small kiss to her forehead.

"That's right."

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"Why'd you want a phone anyway?"

"Vi was mean and wouldn't call you and then said if I had a phone I could call you whenever I wanted."

Jinx nodded with a grin. While she definitely would've used whatever she had to buy her kid a phone, she also liked the challenge of making one herself. Besides, she didn't want her daughter to become obsessed with a regular phone like all the other kids. She could probably make one that was directly connected to her own phone so she could call or text her whenever she wanted.

After a few seconds she cringed though, she couldn't believe she was thinking about this, but she should probably also have a way for the little one to message Vi and Caitlyn too. It would be for the best.

"I'll make you a phone and afterward we can decorate it together okay?"

Lilith smiled at her mama and nodded excitedly.