OOC: Thank you for the thread both! :]
He’d been hoping to coax a smile out of his handsome nephew, but no such luck. Arven took that as a challenge.
But he could, at least, answer his question. Why Africa…? ”Because your father has deemed it so”, he replied, shooting Bertie an amused glance.
”Do let me tell you a little about Africa, Somersby. Or, at least, what I know so far…”
And thus, if Somersby so humoured him, began a ramble into what he knew of the great continent and its bountiful offerings; in fact painting a picture so persuasive that Arven would indeed be found on that ship some while later, sailing for the great beyond and absorbing tales to later be shared around a lively family table.
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He’d been hoping to coax a smile out of his handsome nephew, but no such luck. Arven took that as a challenge.
But he could, at least, answer his question. Why Africa…? ”Because your father has deemed it so”, he replied, shooting Bertie an amused glance.
”Do let me tell you a little about Africa, Somersby. Or, at least, what I know so far…”
And thus, if Somersby so humoured him, began a ramble into what he knew of the great continent and its bountiful offerings; in fact painting a picture so persuasive that Arven would indeed be found on that ship some while later, sailing for the great beyond and absorbing tales to later be shared around a lively family table.
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