Necessity is the mother of Invention, but the two have had a strained relationship ever since Necessity snubbed Invention’s wife, Creativity, by not sending her a separate Evite to the family reunion, so when you meet Necessity, don’t start off by saying, “Oh, you’re Invention’s mom!”
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Teddy Wayne is the author of the novels Kapitoil and the forthcoming The Love Song of Jonny Valentine.
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Necessity.
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