"I only managed to pass that on to one kid, unfortunately," Elisha said dryly. And Sarah's preference had always been for arts and crafts - design - instead of the traditional fine arts. Most of his life he felt surrounded by mathematicians and scientists, really.
"Just because you studied doesn't mean you have to do it," he pointed out. "We both know you only went to USNA because you weren't really offered another choice." Something Hadyn hadn't understood; when Ty had told him, Hadyn had thanked a god he didn't particularly believe in, but Elisha had wondered if Ty would stay stateside much longer than it took him to finish his education. And as it had turned out, he was right.
That was neither here nor there anymore, though. "Of course," he said after a moment. This was, he thought, something he'd never shared with any of his children; he'd never intended to, really. He hadn't even told Hadyn about it. "I thought about it off and on for a long time, even when you and Sarah were little."
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"Just because you studied doesn't mean you have to do it," he pointed out. "We both know you only went to USNA because you weren't really offered another choice." Something Hadyn hadn't understood; when Ty had told him, Hadyn had thanked a god he didn't particularly believe in, but Elisha had wondered if Ty would stay stateside much longer than it took him to finish his education. And as it had turned out, he was right.
That was neither here nor there anymore, though. "Of course," he said after a moment. This was, he thought, something he'd never shared with any of his children; he'd never intended to, really. He hadn't even told Hadyn about it. "I thought about it off and on for a long time, even when you and Sarah were little."