Watching the boy light up with understanding at the familiar name warmed my heart - it was nice to be witness to him gain a little confidence, and express a little happiness and excitement at the fact. I was glad to know the boy, he was intelligent and talented, if only his nerves would get out of his own way and let the rest of the world see it. In saying that, there was nothing wrong with him the way he was - I just could only imagine how torturous it must be to be caged in by such anxiety all the time.
"Deal," I say warmly, reaching over to take his bag and put it by my side. I then set him up with blank pages, an inkwell and a quilled pen of his own to use. Hopefully he found 'theories on priority first aid' interesting to copy - at least I had given him the human edition. The animal/veterinary edition was what I was working on - a significantly larger pile, due to the complexities and differences between each animal's anatomy and physiology.
I hoped Jigano would find it useful, though it wouldn't be until Flowerbirth that I managed to get it to him. Still, it gave me something to do, and I was even able to recruit a helper. Overall, it was a satisfying afternoon, spent in companionable silence, with both of us focussed on our assigned tasks, and getting a great amount completed.
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Fin!
"Deal," I say warmly, reaching over to take his bag and put it by my side. I then set him up with blank pages, an inkwell and a quilled pen of his own to use. Hopefully he found 'theories on priority first aid' interesting to copy - at least I had given him the human edition. The animal/veterinary edition was what I was working on - a significantly larger pile, due to the complexities and differences between each animal's anatomy and physiology.
I hoped Jigano would find it useful, though it wouldn't be until Flowerbirth that I managed to get it to him. Still, it gave me something to do, and I was even able to recruit a helper. Overall, it was a satisfying afternoon, spent in companionable silence, with both of us focussed on our assigned tasks, and getting a great amount completed.
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Fin!
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