#normal things for...a parent...to plan

[dyrewrites]

"I came down here to tell you I'm doing the dishes, since you're so impatient."

"I was about to come upstairs with a sword and swing it wildly around your room until you did what you said you would six hours ago."

He took a beat, left my office, and returned with a foam sword to slap me with it repeatedly until I took it away.

There might be a murder this evening.

After he finishes the dishes, which he is still doing.