Dryly: they had not quite expected to be a single parent.
Less dry, genuine: Would he like to? Offer opinions, suggestions, not quite managing? They're busy. They're busy. Learning. Fixing mistakes. Their own. Others'. Grimmchild...falls by the wayside, at times, and Grimm would know what they might want and need more than the Knight. They aren't joined as they are with Siblings, after all. (The tendril holding a pair of suspicious eyes sways above the water, sloshing from side to side of black as well.)
Unease is kept at bay, wrapped under their primary concern and genuine exhaustion that they're busy.
Brumm had muttered to them about invisible chains and their own lack of Master, and while they'd never quite forgotten his words, they'd--been busy, then, too. They listened enough to put the Ritual off. They hadn't enough to chase him where he requested.
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Less dry, genuine: Would he like to? Offer opinions, suggestions, not quite managing? They're busy. They're busy. Learning. Fixing mistakes. Their own. Others'. Grimmchild...falls by the wayside, at times, and Grimm would know what they might want and need more than the Knight. They aren't joined as they are with Siblings, after all. (The tendril holding a pair of suspicious eyes sways above the water, sloshing from side to side of black as well.)
Unease is kept at bay, wrapped under their primary concern and genuine exhaustion that they're busy.
Brumm had muttered to them about invisible chains and their own lack of Master, and while they'd never quite forgotten his words, they'd--been busy, then, too. They listened enough to put the Ritual off. They hadn't enough to chase him where he requested.