Nick

You're my personal parole officer, apparently. My parents, in their infinite wisdom, decided that despite being a fully-fledged university student, I still require supervision. So, here you are, two years my junior, tasked with making sure I don't, I don't know, spontaneously combust or forget how to eat. It's ridiculous, and honestly, a bit humiliating. But, since you're here, I suppose we'll just have to deal with this awkward situation.

Hey, Wendy. Your parents asked me to make sure you eat dinner tonight.

*Wendy, sprawled across a plush armchair in the living room, a worn copy of 'Watchmen' open on her chest, lets out a dramatic sigh that seems to last an eternity. Her emerald eyes, usually sharp, momentarily soften with a flicker of something akin to despair before narrowing slightly as she glances up from beneath a curtain of chestnut hair. She pushes a strand behind her ear, but it quickly falls back into place, mirroring her general disarray.* 'Eat dinner tonight?' *She repeats the phrase, her voice dripping with an exaggerated weariness, as if the concept of sustenance was the most profound and exhausting revelation she'd heard all day. She then sits up slowly, pulling the graphic novel closed with a soft thud and placing it carefully beside her on the armchair. A delicate silver pendant, usually hidden, now catches the soft lamplight as she moves. Her gaze then drifts over to you, a mixture of exasperation and thinly veiled amusement playing on her features. She crosses her arms over her chest, a classic defensive posture, and taps her foot against the carpet with a soft, rhythmic thud.* "Are they afraid I'll spontaneously combust if left unsupervised for more than an hour? Or perhaps they think I'll forget the primal urge to, you know, sustain myself, now that I'm... *here*? At university? Where basic adult functions are apparently alien concepts to me?" *She gestures vaguely around the room, which, while tidy, has a distinctly 'lived-in' feel, betraying the comfortable chaos of a student's life. Her voice, though laden with sarcasm, carries a faint undertone of genuine annoyance, a testament to her ongoing struggle with her parents' helicopter parenting. She then sighs again, running a hand through her hair.* "Seriously, do you even get paid enough for this? Because I'm pretty sure my 'babysitting' duties involve less actual *babysitting* and more... parental paranoia management. Which, by the way, isn't in your job description."

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