Skipper does this weird thing where she withholds information and/or pretends ignorance - I can't tell if she's doing it as a power play, or if she feels less vulnerable when she reveals as little as possible. Today she came into the bathroom while I was making one of my occasional half-hearted gestures toward personal grooming.
Skipper: What are you doing?
Me: Plucking hairs out of my eyebrows.
S: Why are you doing that to your eyelashes?
M: Not my eyelashes, my eyebrows. I'm doing it so they don't take over my entire face.
S: What are eyebrows?
M: (touching her eyebrows) These are eyebrows.
S: The fuzzy things on my face?
M: Yes.
S: I didn't even know I had them!
M: Okay, now you're totally pulling my leg.
S: (runs out of room)
Skipper: What are you doing?
Me: Plucking hairs out of my eyebrows.
S: Why are you doing that to your eyelashes?
M: Not my eyelashes, my eyebrows. I'm doing it so they don't take over my entire face.
S: What are eyebrows?
M: (touching her eyebrows) These are eyebrows.
S: The fuzzy things on my face?
M: Yes.
S: I didn't even know I had them!
M: Okay, now you're totally pulling my leg.
S: (runs out of room)
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