Gideon couldn't help the bark of laughter that left him at the little lad's admission. He couldn't fault him in such logic. The fog may have been hindering his shop but he would hate to think it could ever get so bad that he'd have to stoop to eating rats just to get by. He'd likely reach out to Gervaise in such a case. Probably. Maybe.

"Well at least you're being kept busy," he said with a nod, smirking slightly as Adonis inspected the offering Billie had given him. The cat seemed pleased to some extent but looked more interested in batting the mouse corpses around than actually eating them. Gideon had a feeling he'd end up having to dispose of them later but that would be alright. Adonis would be preoccupied for a bit at the very least.

"Carving wands," he answered simply as he picked the one up he'd been working on to show it to Billie, "Can't make them without magic but I can make them look fancy with a sharp blade." He was truly bored without magic and it was evident by the wood shavings on the ground just how many he'd carved. He, however, hadn't noticed the mess at his feet that had been drug around by his own movements as well as Adonis's.

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