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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-28 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"What lies would you even-"

He gives a very flat look.

"Don't do anything that would damage the boy's trust in you either."
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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-29 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"I should hope not," he says with a very direct look, "as are as important to him as I am."
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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-29 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"I want him healthy, happy, and loved," he says plainly. "Surely the two of us can manage that without giving up one aspect of it for another."
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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-29 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've seen it," he says with a shake of his head. Oh no, they're not falling down that hole. "And once he no longer thinks it's a betrayal of Emperor Belos, I'm sure we'll see it a great deal more."
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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-29 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just... be careful. For your own sake as well as his."
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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-29 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He will get very lightly tapped atop the head. But he won't say anything else, just 'harumph' a little as he shakes his head.

"Do you need some water?"
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[personal profile] no_innocents 2022-05-29 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He 'harumphs' just once more before going to get him that very thing. With a straw to make it easier to drink.