howtoactfereldan: (a learned child is a blessing)
Cullen ([personal profile] howtoactfereldan) wrote 2017-11-21 03:58 am (UTC)

Cullen's smile is crooked, bashful, self-effacing.

"I -- wasn't sure they could... tolerate my presence. If the children don't think of me as some, some faraway monster. And if it's not just my sister trying to make things sound better than they are."

He's also not looking at Alistair; rather, he's speaking to the sky.

"But if a child I've never met can send informal regards like that... it's not just Mia filling his head with whatever she thinks sounds palatable. It means Bran and Rosie haven't seen fit to contradict her. So it -- it might be safe. To try."

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