[She's adopted, but no less his for it. Really, it was as though the two of them were meant to find one another.]
It's alright, lass. She's off at school, anyway, learning more about engineering than I could rightly get her books for, seeing as we lived in a cave.
[He smiles fondly, leaning back and crossing his arms.]
She's a genius, that one. Studying with lads and lasses twice her age and runnin' circles around 'em. Some sorry sod abandoned her as an infant in the forest. Couldn't very well leave her to the wolves, could I? Best decision of my life.
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Date: 2025-04-22 11:05 pm (UTC)It's alright, lass. She's off at school, anyway, learning more about engineering than I could rightly get her books for, seeing as we lived in a cave.
[He smiles fondly, leaning back and crossing his arms.]
She's a genius, that one. Studying with lads and lasses twice her age and runnin' circles around 'em. Some sorry sod abandoned her as an infant in the forest. Couldn't very well leave her to the wolves, could I? Best decision of my life.