[ he rolls his eyes at the jabs, but he can't help smiling in spite of himself. yeah, he knows. ]
Yeah, "dicey" is a good word. [ not that he had anything to do with that. no massive screw-ups on his end. nnnope. ] It shouldn't have worked, honestly. Buuut who cares, right? It worked. Happy endings for everyone.
[ speaking of endings, though, Rhys's question is a good one. he hadn't had much time to think about it, between showing up here almost immediately after and the odds being so stacked against them to begin with. he furrows his brows, shrugging in a resigned kind of way. ]
I kinda have to, don't I? [ he's not really asking for confirmation; he knows he has to stay. ] I can't exactly abandon them. I mean, yeah, some of them are starting to get the hang of things, but they're not called "children" for nothing, you know?
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Yeah, "dicey" is a good word. [ not that he had anything to do with that. no massive screw-ups on his end. nnnope. ] It shouldn't have worked, honestly. Buuut who cares, right? It worked. Happy endings for everyone.
[ speaking of endings, though, Rhys's question is a good one. he hadn't had much time to think about it, between showing up here almost immediately after and the odds being so stacked against them to begin with. he furrows his brows, shrugging in a resigned kind of way. ]
I kinda have to, don't I? [ he's not really asking for confirmation; he knows he has to stay. ] I can't exactly abandon them. I mean, yeah, some of them are starting to get the hang of things, but they're not called "children" for nothing, you know?