Small Talk

We were relaxing. He was tired after playing a round of educational apps on his iPad,  I was taking an off day.
I was imagining my day tomorrow,  he was flexing.  Maybe he was,  I didn't notice, but I heard him say,
"Is that a new aircon? "
I was caught off guard. " What? "
" Is it new?"
"Yes."
"Oh."
Then he went on and played some more apps.
I was still stunned. Did my boy just made a small talk with me?

Nightmare

A father's instinct is to protect you from any harm,  scratch that, anything in this world. That's because you to him is good,  while the rest of the world is bad. That's his first instinct.
So there's no surprise when he acts accordingly. There's no school good enough for you,  no food good enough, and so on and so on.
So you might say, that's why nothing you do is ever good enough to him. No jobs is enough, no money is enough, he's always going to be worried about you. It sucks, doesn't it?It's no picnic for him either.
You know when he feels most helpless? When you have a nightmare. He's stuck there, holding you while you're crying, don't know why you're crying and how to make it go away.
It sucks. That feeling sucks. I don't even wish such feeling to my worst enemies.