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Paul shrieked from the kitchen. "Eek! A rat!"
Pauline sighed as she walked in. Her dad had had issues ever since that one battle in that old factory. "Got it, Dad." She squinted, and twin beams of atomic energy lanced forth from her eyes, incinerating the foul rodent where it stood.
Paul recovered his composure quickyly, and kissed her on the forehead. "Thanks, sweetie. I don't suppose you could...?"
"Oh no, YOU'RE cleaning this up."