BASTIEN
Oh. Beatrix certainly dropped her mother's death into the conversation like a stone into a pond; Bastien stared for a moment, trying to recover from that revelation. He had absolutely no love for Zariah, but to learn of her death so unceremoniously was still somewhat shocking. "I...see. I'm sorry." He finally managed to say, resisting asking any more.
"We met, I believe, in a cave last year...but..." He paused again, finding this conversation more curious by the second. "You were only a small child, then. At most four; I took you home so you would not get hurt." And she had been a right stroppy brat about it, but he left that part of the story out for the moment (and that he'd knocked her out to get her to safety in the end). "If you truly are Beatrix Launceleyn, you look much older than I thought you would."
His child began to close their eyes, growing sleepy; Bastien smiled fondly, looked up at Beatrix's question with his thumb gently stroking Azrael's little palm. "I cannot say I much like children in general, but this is my own child. I love them with every part of my soul and looking after them was never an option; it was all there was to do." Even before Rexanna had died, Bastien had known he was going to spend a lot of time like this, loving and caring for his baby.
"We met, I believe, in a cave last year...but..." He paused again, finding this conversation more curious by the second. "You were only a small child, then. At most four; I took you home so you would not get hurt." And she had been a right stroppy brat about it, but he left that part of the story out for the moment (and that he'd knocked her out to get her to safety in the end). "If you truly are Beatrix Launceleyn, you look much older than I thought you would."
His child began to close their eyes, growing sleepy; Bastien smiled fondly, looked up at Beatrix's question with his thumb gently stroking Azrael's little palm. "I cannot say I much like children in general, but this is my own child. I love them with every part of my soul and looking after them was never an option; it was all there was to do." Even before Rexanna had died, Bastien had known he was going to spend a lot of time like this, loving and caring for his baby.
Fade to the close-up
We're gonna stay naive tonight
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