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RE: small beginnings - Everest - 03-29-2026
Everest lets out a soft huff of amusement, nodding as he finishes with the kettle. [say]"If only inheritances functioned that way,"[/say] he says, a trace of wryness in his voice. [say]"Though perhaps Mateo and I could… arrange something adjacent."[/say] The idea seems to linger with him for a second before he gathers the mugs and carries them carefully to the coffee table, placing them well out of range of any sudden movement. Only once they are set down securely does he lower himself onto the couch beside Isla, mindful of Fern’s position as he settles in.
[say]"I think I have adapted well enough,"[/say] he says, a touch more tentative than before, as though still assessing the claim even as he makes it. For now, it is true. The patterns, however loose, have been enough. The interruptions have had rhythm. The unpredictability has, in its own way, been structured.
But soon there will be fractures in that logic, moments where Fern does not follow even the loose expectations he has begun to build, where the variables do not repeat, where the system resists being mapped. It is not overwhelming yet, but it lingers at the edges, waiting.
For now, though, he leans forward, drawn by something simpler. He presses a gentle kiss to the top of Fern’s forehead, careful and precise, before leaning further to brush one against Isla’s cheek as well.
~FIN