take that child and teach him senseless... [open]

[littlebetter]

Even since Sophie, Gaheris has been doing better by enormous lengths. Having a surrogate daughter is stabling him in the same way it stabled him to have his own child when he was in exile; he's not well, he'll never really be well, but he's happier within himself, less lonely and twitchy. He goes out of Morvydd's room more often. He goes on errands

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[crimson_sugar]

He's bound to come across Sugar and Sophie, the latter probably reciting a lesson to the former as they walk.

They are relatively happy.

[littlebetter]

He calls out, not to Sugar but to Sophie. "Lass!"

[crimson_sugar]

Of course not to Sugar. Poor girl feels invisible in front of Gaheris.

"Papa!!!" Sophie, however, does not. She runs to hug his leg.

[littlebetter]

He just can't cope with her.

He bends down and swings her up on his shoulder. "How's the girl?"

[myrddin_wyllt]

Well. Having taken his resolution not to meddle, Merlin has taken to being a kid again on the Mansion grounds, and so Gaheris might come across a little boy, smoking a pipe (!) and slobbering bright canary yellow slobber.

He's sitting in the hallway, and drawing little stick figures in the air, which fleet off and fade after a moment.

[littlebetter]

Gaheris stops, hesitates, looks at him, decides this is definitely one of the Folk, and makes a polite little bow.

[myrddin_wyllt]

Have 5 years of adorable look up at you, smile, and say, "Hallo!" , Gaheris.

[littlebetter]

Carefully, "Good morrow." He even uses Orkney Norn, as one does to talk to Folk, despite the fact that just saying words in his native tongue makes him twitch.

[sirbeaumains]

"Good day, brother," Gareth offers. He's a little cautious, seeing as, you know, Gaheris is crazy, as far as he knows. But he's glad to see him, as he always is.

[littlebetter]

"Afternoon," Gaheris says, mostly friendly. He's totally speaking Latin/English, though.

[sirbeaumains]

And Gareth will stick stubbornly to English, as he always does. "Are you well?"

[littlebetter]

"Aye--are you?"