[He repeats the time aloud to himself, as if musing on whether he ought to give himself the same sort of limits before he assumed that he was a failure at the task. It had been... just nearly a month. Only a single month. And yet, in that short time... his gaze drops to his hand, fingers curling as if holding something when there is nothing but air.
It did not feel short at all, somehow. If he could have three months, six months... if she would grow up, and the Curse never touch her-
There seems so much he means to say, but first... the clothing is folded. He straightens back up, beginning to move towards the ice cold water, wading in as if fully prepared to carry on their conversation beneath the surface. Ah... He bends, fishing for rocks that line the edge of the pool and beginning to put them into his pockets. Walking is easier than swimming.]
I also care [cared] for a child. She is younger than your charge, however- she is but six.
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[He repeats the time aloud to himself, as if musing on whether he ought to give himself the same sort of limits before he assumed that he was a failure at the task. It had been... just nearly a month. Only a single month. And yet, in that short time... his gaze drops to his hand, fingers curling as if holding something when there is nothing but air.
It did not feel short at all, somehow. If he could have three months, six months... if she would grow up, and the Curse never touch her-
There seems so much he means to say, but first... the clothing is folded. He straightens back up, beginning to move towards the ice cold water, wading in as if fully prepared to carry on their conversation beneath the surface. Ah... He bends, fishing for rocks that line the edge of the pool and beginning to put them into his pockets. Walking is easier than swimming.]
I also care [cared] for a child. She is younger than your charge, however- she is but six.