[He brushes a hand through her hair, looking at her fondly, and his voice is kind, at odds with the words themselves:]
If your argument every time is going to be that you ought to be allowed to make a decision on your own and then accept the entirety of the punishment we receive for it, in front of all of us, I will steal one of your ball pit balls, make it into a gag, and begin carrying it around with me everywhere I go, so that I might have it handy whenever you even begin to suggest it.
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[He brushes a hand through her hair, looking at her fondly, and his voice is kind, at odds with the words themselves:]
If your argument every time is going to be that you ought to be allowed to make a decision on your own and then accept the entirety of the punishment we receive for it, in front of all of us, I will steal one of your ball pit balls, make it into a gag, and begin carrying it around with me everywhere I go, so that I might have it handy whenever you even begin to suggest it.