"Guess I'll have to ask him when I get up there," he chuckled. "The rest of his delightful family sure didn't fancy me. Still not sure how I got through Septimus and Michael. Michael the First was alright, though. A lot like his grandson in a lot of ways, come to think of it."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky cringed sympathetically. She couldn’t imagine working for someone like the two of them… voluntarily.
“… which grandson?” Hopefully that wasn’t too cheeky.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Gaius. Same demeanor, though I think Gaius is kinder to his children. Michael the First had all the sons he wanted and he paid them no mind at all. Sat there in the library and read all day, from what I know. Punished the boys sometimes when the situation called for it, but he wasn't a good father at all."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky nodded. “Gaius is a good father. Seems wary but invested.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"I think so. Best watch little Mattathias closely, but I think Gaius is doing well."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky nodded. “He’s got time to grow out of it no doubt. Boys are born but men are made. And he’s got a long time yet to be built up. Shaped.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Certainly. Got a heart of gold to be sure, and good parents and a fine pair of siblings. But his temper..." He shook his head. "Reminds me of Michael the Second when he was that age."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“Oh…” that made her feel ill. “… but was he disciplined like Mattathias is?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"I don't believe so, no. Then again, Michael was never kind. Mattathias has that and a lot of other things going for him."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
He nodded in agreement. "I wish him luck. I'm sure Gaius sees it too; I applaud him for not holding it against the boy."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“You’d have to be awfully petty to hold a grudge against a four-year-old.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“Very true,” Ky agreed. “Not the poor boy’s fault at all.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
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