In response: indifference, though it doesn't seem to be meant in an unkind way. It is simply that most do not expect that. Or anything else - broadly speaking, life is unpredictable, and moreover Grimm cannot apologise for the nature of the Ritual.
He is not detached, until he is. Grimm's responses now are scrubbed scrupulously clean of suggestion or deeper thought - except for the fact that he hopes this is reassuring information.
"The Kingdom's embers glow within, and the child will become whether or not you make it your work to fan that flame."
More gently, and this time laced with a small measure of approval for the memories they shared with him by way of explanation:
"What the child may become is an infinite realm of prospects. I find I rather like those prospects as they stand!"
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Date: 2023-04-11 06:22 pm (UTC)He is not detached, until he is. Grimm's responses now are scrubbed scrupulously clean of suggestion or deeper thought - except for the fact that he hopes this is reassuring information.
"The Kingdom's embers glow within, and the child will become whether or not you make it your work to fan that flame."
More gently, and this time laced with a small measure of approval for the memories they shared with him by way of explanation:
"What the child may become is an infinite realm of prospects. I find I rather like those prospects as they stand!"