01-03-2022, 07:59 PM
It actually made Merrick feel a little accomplished to have gotten the child to eat a few bites of the vegetables. He set the bowl aside as she wiped her mouth and he grinned at the little girl. He wiggled his fingers again, hoping she would forgive his deceit.
"Babes got te ea', tis nothin' te be embarrassed abou'," he tried to reassure her. It certainly didn't bother him, it wasn't like she was feeding in front of him or something. Even then there was something beautiful about the bond between a mother and child. He was glad that Gwen had that with Lora.
"Aye, I imagine ye mus'," he said with a sigh and an easy-going smile on his face as he leaned back in his chair. He had torn off another piece of bread and smeared it through a bowl of porridge that had appeared on the table from somewhere. House-elves he suspected.
"D'ye wish te meet me back 'ere o' at the fron' doors?" he asked, having not forgotten about his assignment. He would do his duty and protect the woman next to him, though she likely didn't need it and might resent his company. He wanted her to think of it as going to town with a friend over an official escort.
"Babes got te ea', tis nothin' te be embarrassed abou'," he tried to reassure her. It certainly didn't bother him, it wasn't like she was feeding in front of him or something. Even then there was something beautiful about the bond between a mother and child. He was glad that Gwen had that with Lora.
"Aye, I imagine ye mus'," he said with a sigh and an easy-going smile on his face as he leaned back in his chair. He had torn off another piece of bread and smeared it through a bowl of porridge that had appeared on the table from somewhere. House-elves he suspected.
"D'ye wish te meet me back 'ere o' at the fron' doors?" he asked, having not forgotten about his assignment. He would do his duty and protect the woman next to him, though she likely didn't need it and might resent his company. He wanted her to think of it as going to town with a friend over an official escort.
