A boring dad? [ that gets a laugh out of her, which she tries (in vain) to conceal behind her hand. ]

I guess that's one way to put it ... Not that my personal tastes are much better.
[ there were a lot of similarities that she and jade shared, aside from their hair style. perhaps it was a soldier thing? ]

There's actually a friend of the Colonel's that would give us ridiculous outfits to wear. Swimsuits included.
I think the worst were the Abyss Man costumes ... they were difficult to see in, so it wasn't ideal for fighting.

[ being able to just chat like this with a girl her age was nice!
she didn't even realize how much she'd missed it. ]