It's all I can really do. If they can at least have the chance to enjoy the present, then this will have been worth something.
[He only wishes he could do more for them, but who knows if the Regent would deign to grant them a place in the new world, as special exceptions to the Kenoma's drive for destruction? As it stands, he can't think of both their pasts and futures as anything but unbearably bleak.
But he doesn't want to dwell on that too much, not here, so he gently touches Cerys on the shoulder to let her know she can stop counting; they're done talking about serious adult things. Then he looks back at Eustace, the girl now peeking curiously at them both over his shoulder as if trying to puzzle out what they'd been discussing. Fortunately, Barnaby has a good poker face, and moves the subject right along for Eustace like they'd just been talking about the weather.]
What brought you here, out of interest? Were you just taking a walk, or were you heading somewhere in particular?
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[He only wishes he could do more for them, but who knows if the Regent would deign to grant them a place in the new world, as special exceptions to the Kenoma's drive for destruction? As it stands, he can't think of both their pasts and futures as anything but unbearably bleak.
But he doesn't want to dwell on that too much, not here, so he gently touches Cerys on the shoulder to let her know she can stop counting; they're done talking about serious adult things. Then he looks back at Eustace, the girl now peeking curiously at them both over his shoulder as if trying to puzzle out what they'd been discussing. Fortunately, Barnaby has a good poker face, and moves the subject right along for Eustace like they'd just been talking about the weather.]
What brought you here, out of interest? Were you just taking a walk, or were you heading somewhere in particular?