Keira: Mum, is this your new book?

{She points to the open manuscript as I type its revisions into the computer.}

Me: It is.

Keira: Is it also going to be in a bookshop one day?

Me: I sincerely hope so.

{Pause}

Me: Yes? What else?

Keira: Can you wipe off my boogers, please?

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