ROANA
I can hardly wait
to see you come of age.
Roana should have expected Ianto to pull a sneaky little trick like this - really she should have. She knew he could turn into a fox. And yet, when he suddenly seemed to just poof into existence just an arms reach away she very clearly stiffened in surprise, a hand darting to the hilt of her blade. When her brain processed that it was just Ianto, the sword had actually been drawn slightly before she stopped. She sighed, sheathing it and shaking her head. "One of these days I'm going to punch you on accident, popping up like that." she said with a smirk. Ianto seemed to have luck for days though. He'd probably be fine for awhile. Probably.
The boys shouted at his sudden appearance then broke out into excited laughter. "Yeah, we can do that!" Cormac said with a serious nod. Of course, Roana would pitch in too, but she was definitely going to let the boys do the bulk of the work. They needed the wearing down. Rhett looked at the reed Ianto picked closely, studying it almost, before hurrying around the grasses and picking out ones that were exactly like it. Cormac did a fairly good job picking out the right sort of grasses, but he was also keeping an eye on his brothers...and with good cause. Chubby little Jax meant well. He really did. But attention to detail was not his strong suit where sweets were not involved. So he was was just grabbing handfuls of grass without really any regard for their structural integrity.
"No, Jax, not those ones!" Cormac said seriously. "Not the floppy ones. See, look what Rhett's got." As if perfectly on cue - because indeed the brothers seemed to always be on the same wavelength - Rhett paused his collecting and held his gathered reeds up in the air, waving it to show their stiffness. "Ooooohhhhhhhh..." Jax said seeming to...sort of get it...doing a better job of grabbing the right sorts of grasses for the most part. So Cormac just followed him around, and every time Jax picked the wrong thing, he quickly plucked it from his hand and discarded it, with such speed that Jax didn't even seem to notice. Or he just didn't care because he was having quite fun regardless of his accuracy.
The boys shouted at his sudden appearance then broke out into excited laughter. "Yeah, we can do that!" Cormac said with a serious nod. Of course, Roana would pitch in too, but she was definitely going to let the boys do the bulk of the work. They needed the wearing down. Rhett looked at the reed Ianto picked closely, studying it almost, before hurrying around the grasses and picking out ones that were exactly like it. Cormac did a fairly good job picking out the right sort of grasses, but he was also keeping an eye on his brothers...and with good cause. Chubby little Jax meant well. He really did. But attention to detail was not his strong suit where sweets were not involved. So he was was just grabbing handfuls of grass without really any regard for their structural integrity.
"No, Jax, not those ones!" Cormac said seriously. "Not the floppy ones. See, look what Rhett's got." As if perfectly on cue - because indeed the brothers seemed to always be on the same wavelength - Rhett paused his collecting and held his gathered reeds up in the air, waving it to show their stiffness. "Ooooohhhhhhhh..." Jax said seeming to...sort of get it...doing a better job of grabbing the right sorts of grasses for the most part. So Cormac just followed him around, and every time Jax picked the wrong thing, he quickly plucked it from his hand and discarded it, with such speed that Jax didn't even seem to notice. Or he just didn't care because he was having quite fun regardless of his accuracy.
But I guess we'll have to be patient,
'cause it's a long way to go.
CORMAC RHETT & JAX
